Eastern European countries whose people suffered through the imposition of tight fiscal discipline immediately after the crisis see little reason why richer member states should be indulged, especially since previous relaxations of discipline have been followed by backsliding.Their misgivings are understandable.
The famous Book of the Prefect, a manual of government probably drawn up by the Byzantine emperor Leo VI in the year 900, provides a picture of an elaborate guild organization whose primary function was the imposition of rigid controls, especially for financial and tax-raising purposes, on every craft and trade in the city.
The radio stations, which attracted S.U.V.s with bass-heavy soundtracks, and promotional giveaways that littered the sidewalk in front, came to seem an imposition — particularly Hot 97, whose original slogan, "Where Hip-Hop Lives," was being taken perhaps too literally.
The O.E.C.D. was on the case in January, producing a paper whose writers said they support "the imposition of a group leverage ratio" — a low ratio suggests a bank's caution, a high one the opposite — "to provide a binding capital constraint" on banks.
The change would not be a drastic imposition on the typical French person, whose longevity exceeds the average for industrialized countries.
However, the concept of penalty points was dismissed as "just bullshit" by Juan Pablo Montoya, whose world championship chances were scuppered by the imposition of a drive-through penalty after he had collided with Rubens Barrichello's Ferrari early in the US grand prix at Indianapolis.
Far from being the new politics that was promised, it would be the oldest of politics – a backroom deal stitched up by a clique, involving the imposition of a leader of a party whose own members had not backed them.
Such imposition is driven by a societal formation whose exchange principle demands the equivalence (exchange value) of what is inherently nonequivalent (use value).
Many contrasted his case with that of Gu Kailai, the wife of ex-Politburo member Bo Xilai, whose sensational corruption trial wrapped up Sunday with the imposition of a life sentence.
Deep-seated voter anger over the bailouts of companies like the American International Group, Citigroup and Bank of America has fed the fears of lawmakers that any other changes in the regulatory system must include the imposition of more onerous conditions on those financial institutions whose troubles could pose problems for the markets.
