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...again used chemical weapons against its enemy. Physicians in London, Vienna, Munich and other West European cities confirmed that about 50 Iranian soldiers flown to their medical centers for treatment had been exposed to mustard gas. In Washington, Secretary of State George Shultz bluntly informed Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz of U.S. objections to the use of chemical weapons, noting that Iraq is a signatory of the Geneva Protocol of 1925, which prohibits them...
...compelling interpretation. Davis as Adela projects an intelligent, controlled exterior, but subtly betrays a last for excitement and sensuality. India, with its blazing sun and mysterious temples, has awakened new desires in Adela. As she makes her halting way over the craggy rocks to the Marabar caves. Aziz extends his hand to help...
...FILM also explores race relations between the British imperialists and Indian natives. It is Dr. Aziz, brilliantly portrayed by Banerjee, who symbolizes hope for improved interracial relations. High-strung, conscientious, and inpressionable, the young doctor reveals conflicting emotions of fierce and humble respect toward the British raj. His sentimental heart is stirred with love for his strange and majestic country. He boasts of his ancestors, the proud, warlike princes. He craves India's independence...
...Aziz is fascinated by the British--by their advanced technology, their advanced technology, the crisp, refined manners. He emulates them, dressing, in three-piece suits with collar cuffs and pedalling his way around Chandrapore on a bicycle. Gallantly, he kisses Adeln's hand upon their introduction. When the liberal college, superintendent Richard Fielding (James Fox) talks amicably with Aziz, and even "condescends" to let him sit on his bed, the Indian is giddy with delight...
...Aziz'z attitude changes when he is arrested and placed at the mercies of the prejudiced British court system. The respectable doctor is roughly hauled off to prison while the prosecutors confiscate and search his personal belongings. The district attorney, an acerbic Scotsman, begins his case with the truculent assertion: "It is a universal truth that the darker races are attracted to the fairer, but not vice-versa." Aziz's admiration for the British turns to fear, and finally to outrage...