Though the majority of world markets are also lower, the German Dax is down just 6.4% from its September high.
In any event, if the majority of world opinion remains opposed to military action, it is likely to be difficult on the facts to categorise a French veto as "unreasonable".
Even now, the vast majority of the world still seems to need this belief.
The vast majority of the world's oil reserves are in the hands of government-owned oil companies.
Clearly the vast majority of the world isn't busy surfing the web and I want to know why.
An overwhelming majority of the world's golf clubs are manufactured in this region.
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Indeed, 2007 marked the first time that a majority of the world's 6 billion people were living in urban areas.
The vast majority of the world's poorest people farm small plots of land to grow their food and earn an income.
It would not be supported by the vast majority of the world, and it would only delay rather than destroy the Iranian program.
Another irony: like crude oil, a small number of countries--Russia, Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia--control the vast majority of the world's natural gas reserves.
The majority of the world's robots are bolted to a spot on a factory floor, sentenced to a repetitive choreography of welding, stamping and cutting.
While phones running Google's Android system represent the majority of the world's smartphones, no single phone has come anywhere near the popularity of Apple's iPhone.
The processors run the vast majority of the world's computers.
It is an apt place to browse this fossilised tree resin that resembles gemstones, as the majority of the world's amber is found along the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan from solemnly intoning that the real task is get the Net into the hands of that majority of the world's population that hasn't never even made a telephone call.
The WHO warns that crisis looms large in Asia, home to the majority of the world's TB cases, and predicts that the incidence of TB attributable to HIV in Asia will rise from 2% in 1900 to 14% by 2000.
It is true that the Bank's lending has become more focused on social sectors recently, and it is also true that the majority of the world's poor people live in countries such as China or Brazil, which do have access to capital markets.
There are good reasons for this, like the total cost and the stability of GSM, plus the fact that it makes roaming easier for people travelling to and from Sierra Leone at a time when the majority of the world's cellular networks run GSM.
There is the further issue of the quality of coal, since the majority of the world reserve is of lower thermal quality than the top-grade anthracitic coal, and will yield less energy per tonne either burned directly or in the form of syngas in ICGC plants.
You might think with this next upcoming console generation, it might be time to force people to get with the times, but the truth is the internet in the vast majority of the world, America included, is not ready to handle the download of the massive files required to play these games.
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"A majority of the connected world has nothing but a basic handset and SMS, " says Sheth.
But I think the great -- as the President has often said, we have more in common than we have disagreement about, and I think that's what he wants to ensure that the vast majority of the Muslim world hears.
The vast majority of Muslims throughout the world he wrote, were "outraged" by the attacks on New York and Washington.
This pattern has been especially noticeable in China, but this has been repeated all over the world in the majority of territories.
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Harnessing this development could be seen as one way to improve the access to information to the majority of people in the world.
Although many people are worried that the middle class in the West is shrinking, Americans still enjoy immense privilege compared to the vast majority of people in the world.
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Many thousands of people, the majority from the Asian community world-wide, joined the debate over India's decision to carry out underground nuclear tests by sending e-mails to BBC News Online.
Miss Mogahed, appointed to the President's Council on Faith-Based and Neighbourhood Partnerships, said the Western view of Sharia was "oversimplified" and the majority of women around the world associate it with "gender justice".
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Further articles on www.forbes.com have shown that of the 2, 000 biggest companies in the world, the majority are oil and gas companies, mining firms, automobile conglomerates, finance and banking multinationals and consumer-focused corporations.
And fortunately, the overwhelming majority of Muslims around the world are peace-loving, are interested in the same things that you and I are interested in: How do I make sure I can get a good job?
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