Word: count
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...experienced 10 successful coups, a number of failed ones and 14 constitutions. But only occasionally did violence occur in the so-called Land of Smiles. An old joke is that when a coup is attempted, usually both sides drive all their tanks into the street and then stop to count. Whoever has the most wins...
...five parties in the government coalition quickly withdrew support for Suchinda following the King's intervention; on Sunday the Prime Minister resigned. Thus an uneasy peace returned to Bangkok after days of violence caused mostly by soldiers who had repeatedly fired into crowds of demonstrators. By Suchinda's count, 40 Thais died; the true death toll may never be known, but it probably reaches into the hundreds...
...sickened city, however, remained touched by submerged tension as a court ordered a retrial for L.A.P.D. officer Laurence Powell on the leftover charge of excessive force, the only count not dismissed by the Simi Valley jury in the Rodney King trial. The judge also invited the prosecution and defense to present their arguments this week on the possibility of returning the trial to Los Angeles...
That seemed entirely possible. A group of international election observers reported that some poll officials were too drunk to keep track of voters, ballot boxes were being opened without authorization, and threats and bribery were widespread. The glacial vote count continues this week. The outgoing Congress, which is tabulating the votes for President and Vice President, will eventually announce the winners...