France was the only major power that concluded an alliance with Czechoslovakia (January 1924).
Qin, in fact, was the only major power that did not suffer battle within its own territory.
"Through conventional weakness, " warned the admiral, "the nuclear deterrent is compromised, whether it is a rogue state or a major power that is involved.
But India, striving to be more than just a regional power, sees its nuclear weapons as the right of an emerging major power that is a neighbor not only to Pakistan but also to China.
For the first time since Joseph Stalin's death more than half a century ago we have to deal with a major power that has a taste for aggression.
That leaves France as the only other major power that has said it could strike against Syria - though it says it will not act on its own before the vote in the US Congress.
They both support government-mandated paid family leave and Sanders cites the embarrassment America faces as being the only major power that doesn't have it, according to Sanders' website.
Europe is the only major power that prices carbon.
This leaves India's president with just one major power: that of asking the government to reconsider bills not related to budgeted financial spending.
As for the Americans, they get almost all of what they demanded: an understanding from every major power that whether the world likes it or not, they stand poised to invade Iraq unless Mr. Hussein takes the unlikely step of disarming.
