<span> The "Silent Majority" was a term used by President Richard Nixon to indicate his belief that the great body of Americans supported his policies and that those who demonstrated against the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War amounted to only a noisy minority.</span>
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By the time Rome was emerging as the great ancient Western power Babylon was practically in ruins.
It provides oxygen for 18 people.
Soviet leader Stalin ordered this blockade June 24th 1948 to May 12 1949. Cutting off all transportation through West Berlin and West Germany, to limit Great Britain, US, and Frances travel to their sectors of Berlin, which lye in Russian/Germany territory (East Germany).
The Roman Republic was certainly a thriving democracy by the standards of its time, but it should be noted that women, slaves, and many men were not allowed to vote.