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A_AT1 super-power_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 nation-state_NN1 with_IW force_NN1 projection_NN1 capability_NN1 sufficient_JJ to_TO deliver_VVI and_CC maintain_VVI significant_JJ military_JJ or_CC security_NN1 forces_NN2 over_II long_JJ distances_NN2 for_RR21 long_RR22 time_NNT1 periods_NN2 ._. 
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Super-powers_NN2 tend_VV0 to_TO exert_VVI enormous_JJ political_JJ ,_, military_JJ ,_, economic_JJ ,_, and_CC commercial_JJ influence_NN1 throughout_II the_AT world_NN1 ._. 
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Presently_RR ,_, America_NP1 is_VBZ the_AT only_JJ country_NN1 that_CST can_VM be_VBI accurately_RR defined_VVN as_II a_AT1 super-power_NN1 ._. 
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This_DD1 resulted_VVD from_II recent_JJ world_NN1 history_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ witnessed_VVD the_AT creation_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 large_JJ American_JJ economy_NN1 and_CC the_AT collapse_NN1 of_IO the_AT Soviet_JJ Union_NN1 ._. 
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At_II the_AT end_NN1 of_IO World_NN1 War_NN1 II_MC ,_, America_NP1 and_CC the_AT Soviet_JJ Union_NN1 emerged_VVD as_II the_AT world_NN1 's_GE strongest_JJT nations_NN2 ._. 
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However_RR ,_, they_PPHS2 did_VDD not_XX trust_VVI each_PPX221 other_PPX222 as_CSA their_APPGE ideologies_NN2 differed_VVD ._. 
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An_AT1 anus_NN1 race_NN1 (_( to_TO gain_VVI military_JJ power_NN1 )_) ensued_VVD ,_, with_IW most_RGT Democratic_JJ nations_NN2 backing_VVG the_AT U._NP1 S._NP1 and_CC most_RGT Communist_JJ nations_NN2 siding_VVG with_IW the_AT U._NP1 S._NP1 S._NP1 R._NP1 The_AT world_NN1 soon_RR recognized_VVD two_MC super-powers_NN2 who_PNQS ,_, having_VHG built_VVN their_APPGE arsenals_NN2 through_II the_AT anus_NN1 race_NN1 ,_, competed_VVD for_IF allies_NN2 ._. 
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Thus_RR a_AT1 bipolar_JJ world_NN1 existed_VVD ,_, with_IW the_AT U.S._NP1 on_II one_MC1 side_NN1 and_CC the_AT U._NP1 S._NP1 S._NP1 R._NP1 on_II the_AT other_JJ ._. 
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The_AT late_JJ 1980_MC 's_GE and_CC early_RR 1990_MC 's_VBZ brought_VVN with_IW them_PPHO2 the_AT demise_NN1 of_IO the_AT Soviet_JJ block_NN1 ._. 
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America_NP1 thereafter_RT remained_VVD the_AT only_JJ extant_JJ super-power_NN1 ._. 
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The_AT world_NN1 order_NN1 then_RT changed_VVN to_TO once_RR21 again_RR22 become_VVI multi-polar_JJ ,_, as_CSA political_JJ ideology_NN1 was_VBDZ no_RR21 longer_RR22 the_AT single_JJ deciding_JJ factor_NN1 in_II international_JJ relations_NN2 ._. 
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The_AT American_JJ economy_NN1 remains_VVZ large_JJ ,_, as_CSA does_VDZ its_APPGE military-industrial_JJ complex_NN1 (_( though_CS the_AT latter_DA has_VHZ been_VBN considerably_RR reduced_VVN following_II the_AT end_NN1 of_IO the_AT Cold_JJ War_NN1 )_) ._. 
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Hopefully_RR ,_, America_NP1 will_VM use_VVI its_APPGE military_JJ might_NN1 in_II a_AT1 reserved_JJ manner_NN1 and_CC for_IF reasons_NN2 beneficial_JJ to_II the_AT whole_JJ world_NN1 ._. 
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