51.   DeLay assailed a Democratic amendment that would have stiffened penalties for harming a pregnant woman but not made harming a fetus a separate crime.

52.   However, the new law also stiffened penalties for future offenders.

53.   In addition to adopting authentication techniques, companies are forming trade groups and lobbying governments to stiffen penalties against counterfeiters.

54.   In recent years, Vietnam, Indonesia and other countries have stiffened their penalties for drug abuse and trafficking.

55.   It also stiffens penalties for several terrorist offenses, and extends the statute of limitations on terrorism cases.

56.   Moments earlier, Republicans held off a Democratic amendment that would have stiffened penalties for assaulting a pregnant woman but not made harming the fetus a separate crime.

57.   President Clinton wants to boost safety requirements for pipeline operators, stiffen penalties for violators and give the public more information about pipeline safety and accidents.

58.   The commission was responding to a congressional mandate to stiffen penalties for ecstasy trafficking.

59.   The Clinton administration wants to boost safety requirements for fuel pipeline operators, stiffen penalties for violators and give the public more information about pipeline safety and accidents.

60.   The government recently stiffened the penalties to be as severe as those for heroin trafficking, which can bring the death penalty.