Last month, Mrs. Dole said she would toughen enforcement of child labor laws and "seek to take penalties to the highest level permissible under the law."

The prosecutor then reneged on the deal, vowing that he would seek the death penalty under the law that took effect on Sept. 1, 1995.

A person should never have to endure social and religeous pressures to seek redress under the law.

Some women writers sought equal treatment under the law and became involved in public debates even before the Stamp Act controversy of 1765.

Seeking redemption under the law cannot simply be a desire for one's parochial values to triumph in the courts.

Most of the people seeking divorce under the new law are women.

Today's decisions seek a careful balance between the goal of campus diversity and the fundamental principle of equal treatment under the law.

In addition, Mr. Giuliani said the city would seek "massive penalties" against the union under the law in the event of a strike.

It also argued that the administration could not have sought expanded authority from Congress under the law without risking exposure.

In human terms, this is what is lost when we start talking academically, saying if we can seek it under the law, we do it.