11.   Although no crime was committed, Landers and his staff decided to tighten the rules.

12.   Archer cited a provision that would tighten rules that govern how real estates investors can exchange properties to defer paying taxes.

13.   Archer is sure to raise some money by tightening the rules that govern tax-free mergers and acquisitions, known as Morris Trust transactions.

14.   At the same time some people are advocating tightening safety rules, the Bush administration has suggested loosening regulations on pipeline operators as part of a national energy policy.

15.   At the same time that Congress tries to tighten the rules, the attitudes of judges themselves are shifting toward the affirmance of death penalty cases.

16.   At the same time, though, some boards have tightened the rules for a variety of financial and lifestyle reasons.

17.   -- Tightening rules for lobbying or giving gifts to members of Congress.

18.   According to Randy Peterson, editor of Inside Flyer magazine, the change came as a sweetener at a time the airlines were tightening other rules.

19.   Britain has twice sought to tighten rules on executive pay.

20.   But after the public learned last year just how sloppily the Supreme Court functioned, the court tightened its rule on recusal to prohibit such ethical lapses.