He listened but resented the imposition. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"That is what we have rejected," Kissinger explains: "That is what we call the imposition, under the thinnest veneer, of a Communist government.". From Wordnik.com. [A Special Supplement: Vietnam: How Government Became Wolves] Reference
It's hard to argue the contrary, even if the imposition is a complex one, involving peer pressure, advertising, the community, male-biased cultural values and so on. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference
Their first imposition is the actual price of the product, the unit cost. From Wordnik.com. [In response to Doug Karr: Protecting Software and Customers from Counterfeiters?] Reference
Under the Tea Party interpretation that the Tenth limits the federal government in imposition of post ratification law, the Tenth is, logically, self nullifying. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Herrington: Open Wide, Minimum Wage Is Good For You] Reference
The report, to be formally released in Melbourne on Wednesday, also calls the imposition of. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
They will walk off the job over what union bosses describe as the imposition of "Work Choices" type conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Perhaps the solution requires the short term imposition of an elite policy for the longer term benefit of everyone. From Wordnik.com. [Elitism: The Lesser Poison, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
"The exercise of political power -- that is, the imposition of one's will upon others by overt or covert coercion ...". From Wordnik.com. [Harvest of Pain and Sorrow] Reference
Our ancestors called the imposition of taxes without their consent, slavery, and the denial of personal representation, tyranny. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)] Reference
They will down board markers and walk off the job over what union bosses describe as the imposition of "WorkChoices" type conditions. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
"I also explained the extraordinary conditions we have been working in since March 15," he added, referring to the imposition of martial law. From Wordnik.com. [Bahrain editors to face trial over protests] Reference
With short fiction, I am more forgiving, given the fact that the "imposition" on my time is less. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-06-01] Reference
Many people are disposed to regard it as an imposition which is tolerated only through the force of custom. From Wordnik.com. [Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life.] Reference
Obviously, the pro-choice community regards this as a really unfair, really cruel kind of imposition on the woman. From Wordnik.com. [Cynthia Gorney: Parsing The Politics Of Abortion] Reference
29 A well-known bookseller in Oxford generally called imposition G -, from his preparing translations for the members of the university. From Wordnik.com. [The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life] Reference
I certainly value the fact that our house will not have to be sold when one of us dies - but I don't regard that as an "imposition" on anyone. From Wordnik.com. [Lightish Blogging] Reference
The totalitarian kind of imposition and prohibition is abhorrent to us, and no authoritative voices have been raised to advocate such a course. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Labour Congress and Free Trade Unions Throughout the World] Reference
It is preyed upon by every kind of imposition almost without hindrance. From Wordnik.com. [Medical Essays, 1842-1882] Reference
(or "imposition") was regarded as the assigning of meaning to expressions of language. From Wordnik.com. [Medieval Theories of Obligationes] Reference
Press Ombudsman Joe Thloloe has warned that a media tribunal would be an "imposition" on media freedom. From Wordnik.com. [IOL: News] Reference
A media tribunal would be an "imposition" on media freedom, press ombudsman Joe Thloloe warned on Friday. From Wordnik.com. [Mail & Guardian Online] Reference
I'm looking for elected officials who would prevent that kind of imposition of one's will against another. From Wordnik.com. Reference
That kind of intervention, or "imposition," is hardly unprecedented; it is the daily fare of international diplomacy. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference
Interesting to learn that not allowing goods made by child sweatshop labor to be sold in this country is an "imposition". From Wordnik.com. [Sadly, No!] Reference
Mr Woodley called on BA to suspend the "imposition" of the changes, saying that would lead to the strike being called off. From Wordnik.com. [Your Local Guardian | Sutton] Reference
It is, therefore, wrong to give the impression that he is some kind of imposition capable of acting against the welfare of the people. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
The "imposition", however, is not that with which the rite begins but the laying on of hands which takes place in the act of anointing. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
We sent word that we would be happy to make as many as they chose for themselves or their friends, and the eldest, with many fears that it was an "imposition" and we were. From Wordnik.com. [A Confederate Girl's Diary] Reference
"imposition" is rudimentary and cites no sources, alas. From Wordnik.com. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X] Reference
The imposition of emergency law, too, is a setback. From Wordnik.com. [Ballots Or Bullets] Reference
"This is not free trade, this is a political imposition," says Lavandero. From Wordnik.com. [Business: The Trouble With Trade] Reference
Yet the imposition of the indefensible '67 frontiers is not the solution. From Wordnik.com. [What We Can Do] Reference
The dead claim the living and extend the process through the imposition of grief. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunting] Reference
Blood bankers resist the imposition of HIV testing until tens of thousands have received AIDS-tainted transfusions. From Wordnik.com. [Hbo Strikes With The 'Band'] Reference
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