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Word: samlor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...represent the most democratic political cross section in the country's history. Military and police officers have only about one-tenth of the seats, compared with two-thirds in the old Assembly. Now civil servants, academics, journalists and farmers sit side by side. The Assembly even includes a samlor driver, who intends to park his three-wheel, smoke-belching minitaxi at the National Assembly building next to the shiny Mercedes-Benzes driven by some of his wealthier colleagues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THAILAND: The First Steps to Reform | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

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