1.   Initially, Bush sent the appropriate signals to congressional leaders to work together and produce legislation to rescue the economy, stiffen laws on terrorism and increase airport security.

2.   Republican legislators want to stiffen the law, but so far the Democrats resist.

3.   Smith dismissed criticism of efforts to stiffen immigration laws.

4.   The House approved a bill Thursday to stiffen laws controlling the use of scanners to listen to and record cellular phone conversations.

5.   In response, Congress stiffened bail laws, but the charges against Cabal Peniche were brought before the law was changed.

6.   Kazakhstan stiffened its laws on religious observance Thursday in a bid to ward off Islamic extremism in the mainly Muslim Central Asian state.