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Nascent Drama

Ever since the political crisis of 2005-2006, during the events of the 2006 Thai coup d'état, in honor of the 60th anniversary of his accession to the throne and continuing until his 80th birthday celebration on 5 December 2007, Thailand has been a veritable sea of yellow as the people of Thailand show support for their king.
 
Originally in Rugby League and then later, also in Rugby Union, the referee shows a yellow card to indicate that a player has been sent to the sin bin.
 
The tradition was begun in the Tour de France where the sponsoring L'Auto newspaper (later L'Équipe) was printed on distinctive yellow newsprint.
 
This practice began in Chicago, where taxi entrepreneur John Hertz painted his taxis yellow based on a University of Chicago study alleging that yellow is the color most easily seen at a distance.
 
In Canada and the United States, school buses are almost uniformly painted a yellow color (often referred to as "school bus yellow") for purposes of visibility and safety, and British bus operators such as FirstGroup plc are attempting to introduce the concept there.
 
In the rules of the road, yellow (called "amber" in Britain) is a traffic light signal warning that the period in which passage is permitted is coming to an end.
 
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