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...they resupply, we'll do the same. We will watch to see what happens." The approach appears to satisfy most of the mujahedin's supporters in the U.S. Congress. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, a Democrat, who backed a unanimous Senate resolution last month urging the Reagan Administration to stiffen U.S. terms at Geneva, said last week that his "concerns are being...
...lawman who hauled in Boesky has his way, future insider traders could face even more dismal prospects. The day before the arbitrager's plea, U.S. Attorney Rudolph Guiliani of New York's southern district urged the Senate Banking Committee to stiffen the penalties for those who buy or sell securities based on confidential company information. He also called for mandatory prison terms for brokers who lie to investigators...
...study, which analyzed 500,000 accidents in Ohio from January 1982 to June 1983, suggested that motorists facing severe punishment for drunk driving might be strongly inclined to cut out, especially if the penalty for fleeing the accident is scarcely harsher than that for causing it. One possible remedy: stiffen the laws against hit-and-run driving...
...University takes "drug-selling, in particular, very seriously...We're not going to exaggerate the problem like Secretary Bennett," he added. But Shattuck said he did not anticipate any additional pressure on Harvard to stiffen drug-use policies and enforcement...
...addition, the new bill would stiffen the penalty for refusing to take the test from a 90-day suspension to a 150-day suspension...