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When new groups of people were given suffrage (blacks, women, etc.), how was the system able to handle the huge increase in ballots?

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Is the severe decline of New York City in the 1970's as presented in the film "Taxi Driver" actually based on fact or were the filmmakers looking through rose-tinted glasses?

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Has there ever been a real life example of a person who was a one-man army such as John Wick, Bryan Mills, Frank Castle, James Bond, Jason Bourne, etc? Meaning, an individual so skilled they actually managed to single-handedly take on a dozen or more men and topple a criminal organization.

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When new groups of people were given suffrage (blacks, women, etc.), how was the system able to handle the huge increase in ballots?	25
Is the severe decline of New York City in the 1970's as presented in the film "Taxi Driver" actually based on fact or were the filmmakers looking through rose-tinted glasses?	10
Has there ever been a real life example of a person who was a one-man army such as John Wick, Bryan Mills, Frank Castle, James Bond, Jason Bourne, etc? Meaning, an individual so skilled they actually managed to single-handedly take on a dozen or more men and topple a criminal organization.	2