31.   Roosevelt helped transform the United States from a regional power into an imperial power.

32.   The attention of the largest and the militarily most dominant of the former imperial powers, naturally arouses the fears of some imperial residuum.

33.   The Muslim countries were dominated by Western imperial powers and accepted their condition as the will of God.

34.   Under Victoria, railways allowed people to move about easily and British-built ships generated wealth through world trade and imperial power.

35.   But the attractive chain of islands between Hawaii and New Zealand was too strategic to be left alone by the imperial powers.

36.   During her reign, Britain has declined from a fading imperial power to a middle-ranking nation, coupled with a social explosion that has reshaped her people.