The government had tried imposing a variety of levies on the sale, size and historical cost of property, but none on the market value of homes.
With the travel industry under financial pressure in the past couple of years, however, "surcharge syndrome" has been an almost universal response, with airlines, hotels, cruise lines and car rental companies imposing a variety of extra fees (with varying degrees of disclosure) to help compensate for base prices that have been forced down by a weak economy, travel jitters and war.
The NATO allies imposed a variety of sanctions on Yugoslavia beginning in 1992, during the war in Bosnia.
Prodded by organized labor, the Senate voted to impose a variety of safety and insurance restrictions on Mexican trucking companies operating in the United States.
Even with that additional aid, the authority will still need to raise fares and tolls and impose a variety of belt-tightening measures to close its budget gap.
In Washington, President Obama notified Congress that he was extending a "national emergency" that allows him to impose a variety of punishments and controls against Syria.
After all, it noted, countries and cities worldwide impose a variety of landing fees, and airlines that want to land at their airports have to pay them.
Philadelphia alone imposes a variety of taxes on the self-employed, and I managed to get tangled up trying to record all of them.
The board, which consists of social workers and psychologists who interrogate users on their drug habit, has the power to impose a variety of sanctions, including fines, or recommend treatment.
A brief filed by a group of political scientists and law professors contains a chart showing that a much higher percentage of covered states currently impose a variety of barriers to voting.
The PGA Tour can impose a variety of sanctions, including but not limited to disqualification and/or suspension of one year for a first offense; a suspension of five years for a second violation; and up to a lifetime ban for multiple violations and fines up to $500,000.
