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.

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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.

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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.

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Its power rests entirely on people's belief in its legitimate authority.

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Every country has legitimate interests and the right to spend money defending them, especially a growing power like China.

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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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