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...beats at my brain," he says. "I'm sick of feeling the same goddam thrill--I sort of want to fox it, just go out. I'd just like to be a doctor--I'd love to be a politician. Great politicians are great actors, I think: Caesar, Goethe, Gandhi--they're acting, but in the stuff of life...
...meetings witha lobby of leaders. The President conferred with 14 delegation heads in meetings sandwiched around the formal sessions. In his call on Reagan, Nigerian President Alhaji Shehu Shagari, as expected, touched upon black Africa's concerns regarding Namibia and Angola. In her visit with the President, Indira Gandhi was calm and low-keyed while explaining India's worries about the proposed U.S. sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. She gently reminded Reagan that "we have enough budgetary problems, so I hope you don't make us spend more for arms." And, wonder of wonders...
Sadat grew up with a hatred of Egypt's colonial British rulers and an almost fanatical admiration for Mahatma Gandhi. Confides Sadat's sister Sekeena: "When he was a little boy, he used to dress like Gandhi and pretend to be him." But if Sadat showed something resembling Gandhi's spiritual dimension in his later years, his early attempts to bring political change to Egypt were anything but nonviolent...
Although the Maha rashtra government dis tributed a photograph showing Gandhi inaugurating the talent fund, the Prime Minister had not approved the use of her name. Two months ago, she wrote Antulay ordering him to remove her name from the trust. In an impassioned 50-min. speech to the state legislative assembly, Antulay admitted using her name without authorization. His excuse: "I thought I would be able to persuade Mrs. Gandhi to give her permission." But that, he insisted, was his only mistake. He declared that all the money had been used for the public good...
...unity. Last week a Bombay court held a hearing on a criminal complaint filed against Antulay by Ramdas Nayak, general secretary of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. Nayak is charging that Antulay is guilty of "cheating, bribery and extortion," and should be put on trial. Meanwhile, Antulay has sent Gandhi his resignation. She is expected to make a decision on it when a suitable - and more circumspect - successor can be found...