The first railways couldn't rival canals on cost or reliability, let alone lobbying power.
More than 200, 000 people in Virginia alone lost power and another 40, 000 in New Jersey were left in the dark.
It is rare that foreign governments changed policy based on the application of US economic power alone, but in combination with the other instruments of national power, economics can be a very effective tool.
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At a constant 20 mph, the ActiveHybrid 3 will go 2.5 miles on electric power alone.
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But some key members of Congress said air power alone cannot end the conflict.
But even without that, experience in Iraq suggests that power alone has its limitations.
They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please.
The original coupe relied on battery power alone to reach an estimated speed only slightly slower than the C-X75.
Spending power alone is enough to attract the likes of W.L. Gore, the U.S. company that owns the Gore-Tex brand.
Yes, that's right, we said AC adapter jack: unlike the X1, the S4 can't be driven off bus power alone, unfortunately.
The star power alone is a draw for viewership and Clinton is hardly the first political offspring to work with NBC.
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Even so, the lesson from Paul's campaign may be that the Web alone has limited power to propel a candidate to the White House.
Most experts say that air power alone never has been sufficient.
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Under the right conditions, the 918 Spyder will be able to drive on electric power alone at speeds up to 94 mph for limited distances.
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Nor, as some are claiming, has the bombing opened a new chapter in the history of warfare by showing that air power alone can produce victory.
The Leaf will rely on battery power alone and will have a range of about 160km (100 miles) before it needs to be plugged in for a fresh charge.
Events proved Goering wrong, and in fact only a single territory was ever brought to surrender by air power alone the Italian island of Pantelleria, halfway between Sicily and Libya, in 1943.
Yet even its warmest admirers do not imagine that air power alone can win the battle for Kosovo quickly or decisively enough to prevent further killing there, let alone to impose a peace settlement.
We're going to see how it performs on my daily commute, try to assess how much it costs to run and take it for a trip round Northern Ireland to see whether we can visit each of the six counties in a single day on battery power alone.
Mr Oddsson's Independence Party has been in power, alone or in coalition, for most of the past 50 years.
The NFL Draft has become an event onto itself, which alone speaks to the power and popularity of professional football despite all the concussion concerns of recent weeks.
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It is so important for each of you to realize that every day you, and you alone, have the power to choose the life you want for yourself.
In northern California alone, the current power deficit averages 2, 000 to 3, 000 megawatts per hour, according to the California Independent System Operator, the agency set up to monitor the state's power grid.
Defining next-gen on power terms alone is unhelpful.
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Tory strategists talk of the need for the Lib Dems to be on around 15% of the vote - not, as now, below 10% - to deny Labour some seats and, as a result, for the Tories to have a chance of staying in power either alone or in coalition.
Augusta wished to be left alone while it became a power center, capitalizing on a massive, global event.
They want us to believe they alone are immune from the power of financial incentives such as lucrative consulting engagements that overshadow the fees for their public duty as the auditor.
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It could mean more flooding, more downed trees and power outages at a time when hundreds of thousands of people ( estimates are at 600, 000 in NJ alone) are still without power.
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