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For most of the nineteenth century and well into the Cold War era, re-election of a sitting president was generally prohibited in the great majority of Latin American countries, owing to a general fear of leaders remaining permanently in power, abetted by the prevalence of electoral fraud.

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This was discovered by Francis Galton in the nineteenth century.

Although he’s best known for his short horror stories, Poe was actually one of the most versatile and experimental writers of the nineteenth century.

Written in the early nineteenth century, Austen's novels decode the sheltered lives of the upper classes in rural England.

However, even as released on DVD, the film is still one of the better depictions of bushranger life in nineteenth century Australia.

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