The first occasion demonstrated to the world that Japan had arrived as a legitimate military power with its stunning defeat of the Russian Empire in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5.
If Senator McCain and those who share his point of view wish to hold up every bit of legislation or appointment offered up by the President or the Democratic leadership in Congress, or utilize any of the many legitimate levers of power that come with the roles they have been granted by way of their being elected to office, that is their right.
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The concern about excessive power is legitimate, but surely a way can be found so that the White House and Congress would share power and any other arrangements be strictly limited in time.
Mr Putin is supposedly obliged to stand down in 2008 but he is quite likely to seek some more or less legitimate reason to stay in power after then Mr Kasyanov would face an enormous challenge in trying to unseat him.
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But the message could not be more transparent: The Muslim Brotherhood is now deemed by Washington to be a legitimate interlocutor and welcome to exercise power in Cairo.
Uribe also stands in the way of Chavez's aspirations of making the FARC into a legitimate political party and increasing their power inside Colombia as a way of weakening democratic governance.
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Republicans shouldn't be obsessed with Obama, who won't be on the ballot again, and shouldn't make a legitimate inquiry into potential abuses of power appear to be--or, worse, actually be--part of a personal vendetta.
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But because of their fortitude and because of the determination of their people to live in democratic, free societies, they have been able to arrive at a position of power that is supported by the legitimate will of their peoples.
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The others were asked to write about an experience of high or low power where they did not feel their power (or lack of it) was legitimate.
There are legitimate legal and policy gripes about the EPA's expanding power--it declared in April that it believed it had the right to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
Its power rests entirely on people's belief in its legitimate authority.
Every country has legitimate interests and the right to spend money defending them, especially a growing power like China.
While rapidly rising medical costs are a legitimate concern, the fact remains that young people very much have it in their power to prepare for the financial realities of retirement.
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