1.   Billie, the Promethean figure that made all this new wealth possible, could face the harshest penalty of all.

2.   But though Lifland agreed that Imbriani had shamed the judiciary, he declined to impose the harshest penalty.

3.   Federal authorities are bewildered that attorney Morris Goldings is considering reopening the case, which resulted in the harshest penalty ever for campaign finance crimes.

4.   He was also accused of attempting to cover-up what he had done, a charge that carries the harshest penalty.

5.   New York and Virginia are among the states with the harshest penalties for lay midwifery.

6.   One is still the loneliest number, and solitary confinement is the harshest penalty, short of death, we can impose.

7.   Recommended for dismal was patrol Sgt. Darryl Wright of Woodville, although it was not disclosed why he drew the harshest penalty.

8.   Survivors who took the witness stand had passionately implored the judge to deliver the harshest possible penalties.

9.   The harshest penalty could come to Kreuter since he was the first to enter the stands.

10.   Brown was suspended for two games, while the five Knicks were suspended for one game each, the harshest penalty handed out by the NBA in playoff history.