Dudley's position as judge brought him the harshest criticisms and complaints, in particular when he enforced unpopular laws concerning taxes, town meetings, and land titles imposed by Andros.
And while the morality police was widely set up during Rafsanjani's presidency, when he supported enforcing Islamic dress codes and dealing with what he called "moral corruption", if needs be by using "some violence", by 2000 Rafsanjani said the authorities should not interfere unduly in the way people dressed.
Looks like Putin didn't see this coming when he began enforcing strict cellphone use laws.
Her son-in-law, Prince Bernhard, caused more genuine alarm when he attempted to enforce the blackout by firing a Tommy gun at a light burning brightly in a nearby penthouse.
But the powerful congressional resistance Mr Obama bumped into last year when he tried to enforce a settlement freeze in Jerusalem and the West Bank almost certainly played some part in the failure of America's latest peacemaking initiative in Palestine.Still, to explain America's intimacy with Israel through the political power of America's Jews is to miss half the story.
His rap sheet is longer than a prog-rock guitar solo, dating back to the 1970s, when he was an enforcer for the Hop Sing Boys, a Chinatown gang in San Francisco.
But like any effective chief of staff or campaign chairman, he could be a strict rule-enforcer when he had to be.
At the most recent Republican debate in Las Vegas, Mr. Romney inadvertently cast himself as the Enforcer when he tried mightily to ensure that every candidate received their allotted response time.
Page A11 ENFORCING THE RULES At the most recent Republican debate in Las Vegas, Mitt Romney inadvertently cast himself as the enforcer when he tried mightily to ensure that all the candidates received their allotted response time.
We do not question the sincerity of John Ashcroft, a fierce opponent of abortion rights throughout his political career, when he says he will enforce the nation's laws, as he reiterated Thursday.
