Word: chomanan
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...DIED. KRIANGSAK CHOMANAN, 86, Thai general and Prime Minister from 1977-80 who set up a timetable for democratization, including 1979 parliamentary elections, but fell from grace after being linked to a 1985 coup attempt; in Bangkok. Kriangsak offered amnesty to students and intellectuals who went into hiding during earlier crackdowns on a communist insurgency, and his more tolerant approach is credited with healing divisions in Thai society...