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...first place, and he certainly would never have been considered, at his age and level of experience, a serious presidential contender. Yet he was well-liked in the Senate, was deferential to his elders; he played by the rules and did his homework. If he was far less abrasive???and far less disliked?than Bobby, he also seemed to lack his brother's genuine heat and passion for the causes he backed. In recent months he had only just begun to make a record: speeches on Viet Nam, the space program and the ABM?all of them cautiously worked...
...from his home in the south to Delhi, muttering: "What to do? Unity! Indira?" In Delhi he kept the thought to himself and did his best to find a candidate with the widest support. Neither the syndicate nor Kamaraj wanted the conservative Desai, for he was too strong?and abrasive???a personality for any group of party leaders. Desai was not deterred; he ran his own campaign, appealing to the party members to beat the bosses. Meanwhile, Kamaraj was holding court in a bungalow in Delhi where, one by one, he received the chief ministers of India's powerful states...
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