powers

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Yes, the angry Angeleno archetype is a real phenomenon that flares up in local elections to smack back at the powers that be.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“If they are united, the middle powers can counter the great powers,” said French political scientist Nicolas Tenzer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Of course, in the atomic age, wars between imperial great powers, as in World War I and World War II, are no longer truly conceivable.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

“Not to mention she was raised on a chunk of Krypton so didn’t even experience super powers until her teens.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Great Britain and France, the leading colonial powers, ruled much of the world beyond Europe’s shores.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman