11.   Recently, trade problems with Japan have resurfaced as U.S. officials imposed financial penalties on Japanese ships because of restrictions that foreign carriers face in Japanese ports.

12.   Some support came from reports Brazil officials could impose an export tax on beans there.

13.   The rules governing these investments, often imposed by officials new to capitalist notions of a fair return, can be murky and changeable.

14.   To reduce factory pollution, smog officials could impose tougher rules on businesses.

15.   University officials also imposed tests in reading, writing and mathematics before students could move into the junior and senior baccalaureate years.

16.   Washington officials imposed this requirement in the midst of a cost-cutting campaign, making it very difficult for the embassy to carry out the investigation.

17.   Yet state officials are not imposing sanctions in most inmate cases.

18.   A plan made and imposed by officials will not work.

19.   An Israeli army spokesman said the situation stabilized in the evening after Palestinian officials imposed a curfew in the vicinity of the tomb to quell the riots.

20.   But forestry officials have imposed a fee in return for the letters or licenses required by the companies.