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...constant war between Black and white. It was a history of conflict. King had accepted Hegel's view of history, namely, that there was a dialectical process of progress and growth through pain. But the dialectical idea for King, the notion of struggle, was also taken over from Gandhi and Thoreau, especially from the latter's essay on Civil Disobedience. King believed in struggle, in a kind of war, if you like, but a war in Gandhi's terms, "without violence." But King's view of history required that the large mass of men be led by leaders who believed...
...banners, 10,000 paper badges, 50,000 pamphlets and a $10,000 campaign fund. It was not a campaign for the national parliament, however, but for legislatures in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and the northeastern state of Tripura. Nonetheless, India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, 65, was out to win big. Just to make sure, she spent 16 days barn storming through the three states, appealing to their 54 million voters...
...star upstages Mrs. Gandhi...
...Most Ubiquitous Actor: Sir John Gielgud, 78, who has appeared in e verything from Gandhi and Brideshead Revisited to commercials for New York City's Inter-Continental Hotel and Paul Masson wines...
...Gandhi. Richard Attenborough's 3-hr. 20-min. film is a historical epic on the grand scale, but one that touches the heart with its moral earnestness and the marvelous humanity of Ben Kingsley's performance in the title role...