But this description of rogue elements does not tally with the account of Riek W, who was until Saturday a serving member of the presidential guard, known to Jubans as the "Tigers".
But I will admit to satisfaction in the growing tally, if also an element of danger: Have I read as many books this March as I did last?
In fact, a quick tally yields all the elements of pulp fiction: violence, adultery, extreme cruelty, duplicity, theft, suicide, murder.
Colleagues say he is most in his element as he ticks through delegate tallies, the demographics of Congressional districts and raw vote counts.
The real winning element here is that, like our VGVs, Tally does not need special store infrastructure to do its job, and can function safely amongst customers and staff during business hours.
Mr. Stein's unremitting public criticism of unexplained delays in the handling and computing of vote tallies proved to be a decisive element in breaking Mr. Fujimori's international support.
Bonuses at banks, fund management firms and stockbrokers are a crucial element in New York's income tax revenue and the state keeps a careful tally of each year's projected payout on Wall Street.
The Lund University report's authors stressed that the factors in suicide are usually complex but said the study's findings tallied with their anecdotal experience that gambling was a key element.
"If you tally up all the toxins, the asbestos, the PCBs, the unknown elements, cancer is not a surprise".But deciding which cancers to cover, if any, is hard.
He agrees that the elements said to have been observed in the "angel hair" don't seem to tally with the spider theory.
The Butler is predictably behind the pace of its US performance – over there, the civil rights storyline and marketable elements, including co-star Oprah Winfrey, saw the picture debut with a robust $24.6m£15.2m2m), on its way to a tally of $115m£71.4m4m).
