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13 hours ago · Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 elections.
13 hours ago · Democracy (from Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized : dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') [1] is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state. [2] Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elections while more expansive ...
13 hours ago · tv HAR Dtalk BBC News May 28, 2024 4:30am-5:01am BST. 4:30 am. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. of all the potentially existential threats to life as we know it, from climate change to nuclear armageddon, here's one you may not have considered — a catastrophic collapse in the human birth rate. there's been a long—standing fear that ...
13 hours ago · Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. [1] It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture.
