Drastic water restrictions were imposed which essentially allowed for little more than the bare minimum of drinking water.
Fed Chairman Bernanke has imposed an essentially zero interest rate policy, or ZIRP, for what seems an eternity, with the objective of punishing savers and fixed income investors, and forcing them to plow their money into equities in search of any yield above real inflation, irrespective of risk factors.
But the most substantial piece of this enjoyably idiomatic evening was Dvořák's deceptively imposing but essentially affable and liltingly rhapsodic violin concerto, which Arabella Steinbacher delivered with sweeping, if occasionally steely, charm and some irresistibly incisive phrasing, especially in the coruscating swirl of the finale.
Laws that impose caps essentially allow politicians, who have never heard a word about a case or have any idea about the depth of someone's loss, to substitute their judgment for that of a local jury.
The hospital price-setting system the state imposed in 1983 essentially guaranteed every hospital a small but steady profit margin.
By using filibusters on the judges, the Democrats have essentially imposed a supermajority requirement, and we are entitled to stop them.
"Where is growth supposed to come from in these peripheral countries when you have extreme deflation imposed on them, essentially by Germany.
Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican, viewed the tactic with disdain at the time, saying, "By using filibusters on judges, the Democrats have essentially imposed a supermajority requirement, and we are entitled to stop them".
The mature, realistic action, presumably, would have been to return Mr. Monti — who was essentially imposed on Italy by its creditors — to office, this time with an actual democratic mandate.
