This is particularly true since the authorities began a tough crackdown two years ago on unauthorized pregnancies.

The seizures came as Mayor Giuliani hinted that he might make the crackdown even tougher.

But Beijing does not yield and in July ordered a "tough new crackdown" on the independence movement.

The campaign in the streets of major cities is the toughest such crackdown since the Islamic revolution.

As the A.P. notes, this could signal a tougher crackdown on activists, and more violence to come.

Despite Wisconsin's famously tough crackdown on welfare, nonmarital births rose.

His attempts to make Honduras safer led to a tough crackdown on gangs that saw many gang members put in jail.

A tough crackdown on drunken drivers didn't hurt either.

He was also accused of corruption by both conservatives and reformists, and known for tough crackdowns on dissent.

The city's top elected officials are promising a tough crackdown.