And a North Korean news agency responded to the United Nations' recent imposition of new economic sanctions by saying, "Strategic steps accompanied by physical action will be taken mercilessly".
"But sometimes I feel that you exaggerate the whole matter and other times that it's part of a policy of conspiracy and the imposition of new realities on the ground for the purpose of confiscating more land or dictating new conditions".
Time and again, the imposition of new burdens on businesses distorts the flow of money.
Originally the dispute centred on the imposition of new rosters by British Airways management.
The sudden imposition of new charges is harder to deal with.
The spark for the embassy invasion was Britain's imposition of new economic sanctions on Iran.
The growth of the college, however, prompted the imposition of new restrictions on the cardinalate.
They object to the imposition of new rules on established figures.
His eccentricities and extravagance necessitated the imposition of new taxes, arousing discontent in Constantinople and the outlying provinces.
Meanwhile, UCU is also fighting the imposition of new contracts which, it says, are worsening lecturers' terms and conditions.
But when prices suddenly tripled last summer, a firestorm of public outrage forced the imposition of new controls.
