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...Gandhi has been assassinated. In my humble opinion, a bloody good thing but far too late...
...with avant-garde Dramatist Robert Wilson resulted in Einstein on the Beach, an experimental five-hour "opera" that played to packed houses in Europe and twice sold out the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Satyagraha, a more conventional work based on an episode from the life of Gandhi, is perhaps the most accessible, spiritually exhilarating opera composed since World...
...Since Gandhi's last official visit eleven years ago, the U.S. has become increasingly disturbed by India's resolutely independent posture, which was interpreted by Washington as a sign of coziness with the Soviet Union. Gandhi sought to dispel this impression. Said she: "Our hand of friendship is stretched out to all. One friendship does not come in the way of another...
...American-made atomic power plant near Bombay. Congress forbade such shipments because India did not sign the 1968 nuclear non-proliferation treaty. The Reagan Administration agreed last week to let India buy the necessary fuel from France as long as negotiated safeguards and inspections are honored. In addition, Gandhi has been displeased by Washington's publicized tilt toward India's hostile neighbor Pakistan. The U.S. has offered arms and fighter jets to Pakistan in the wake of the Soviet Union's Afghanistan invasion...
...diversify its arms sources. It has entered into talks with the Northrop Corp. about being the first overseas customer for the F-5G Tigershark fighter plane and with another American company regarding the possible purchase of up to $1 billion worth of artillery and ammunition. But the purpose of Gandhi's trip was primarily to promote a greater understanding of each country's aims, which, Reagan noted, will bring "a rediscovery of how important we are to one another...