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If not, it is not true that all men are equal in rights, that every man is a citizen. [ 66 ] " During the continuing debate on suffrage, Robespierre ended his speech of 25 January 1790 with a blunt assertion that "all Frenchmen must be admissible to all public positions without any other distinction than that of virtues and talents". [ 67 ]
Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2024. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections.
The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states. [a] Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen (with its seaport exclave, Bremerhaven) are called Stadtstaaten ("city-states"), while the other thirteen states are called Flächenländer ("area states") and include Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia, which describe themselves as Freistaaten ("free states").
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles. Ashe was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team, and the only black man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open.
The primary source for the Greco-Persian Wars is the Greek historian Herodotus.The Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus, writing in the 1st century BC in his Bibliotheca historica, also provides an account of the Greco-Persian wars, partially derived from the earlier Greek historian Ephorus.
State of Play is a 2009 political thriller film directed by Kevin Macdonald. It is based on the 2003 British television serial of the same name . The film tells of a journalist's ( Russell Crowe ) probe into the suspicious death of the assistant and mistress of a Congressman ( Ben Affleck ).
Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941), credited as Ann-Margret, is a Swedish actress, singer, and dancer with a career spanning seven decades.Initially gaining notoriety in 1961 as a singer with a sultry, vibrant contralto voice, [1] [2] she quickly rose to Hollywood stardom.
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