Definitions
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- noun a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
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Examples
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A consul in the East as envoyé of a Great Power is a big man, and he ranks almost as high as a Minister would in Europe.
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To call the Great Power "Baali" is to live in one world, and to call it
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They were venerating a figure of Christ known as El Gran Poder, the Great Power, which is taken out of its church once a year to head the procession, as it winds its way down through the heart of the city.
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a Great Power is a big man, and he ranks almost as high as a Minister would in Europe.
The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II W. H. Wilkins 1882
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The 'Great Power' doesn't want to have more than any one else -- where we have all done an equal amount of work. "
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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The 'Great Power' doesn't want to have more than any one else -- where we have all done an equal amount of work. "
Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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In the twentieth century nuclear weapons were Great Power weapons.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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The same cable traffic indicates that, in a cynical Great Power calculation, Washington continues to sacrifice the prospects of the region’s youth on the altar of “security.” It is now forgotten that America’s biggest foreign policy headache, the Islamic Republic of Iran, arose in response to American backing for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the despised Shah who destroyed the Iranian left and centrist political parties, paving the way for the ayatollahs’ takeover in 1979.
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The same cable traffic indicates that, in a cynical Great Power calculation, Washington continues to sacrifice the prospects of the region’s youth on the altar of “security.” It is now forgotten that America’s biggest foreign policy headache, the Islamic Republic of Iran, arose in response to American backing for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the despised Shah who destroyed the Iranian left and centrist political parties, paving the way for the ayatollahs’ takeover in 1979.
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In the twentieth century nuclear weapons were Great Power weapons.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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