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Then in June came the death of her younger son Sanjay in a plane crash; through much of the summer Mrs. Gandhi appeared absorbed by grief. Rumors persisted that she was ill, that she had lost her will to govern. This month, however, Indira Gandhi was on the move, doing what she does best: taking her case to the people. In a series of appearances in Jammu and Kashmir, one of the states with a non-Congress government, she smoothed over differences with Sheik Abdullah, the aging Lion of Kashmir, and blamed communal tensions on hard-line Muslim and Hindu...
Edna's healing power develops after a disastrous automobile causes her to cross the brink of death. While on the operating table, she seems to hover over herself, watching the proceedings. Then she relives the crash. As the windshield shatters, geometeric patterns radiate in her field of vision. Bells chime. Light diffusing from a central source creates a tunnel. Shadowy forms of people she vaguely remembers seem to talk to her and guide her toward the light. In the distance a figure stands facing her, casually slinging a jacket over his shoulder. It's her husband, who died...
...other big sugar producer, accounts for close to 10% of world output and has enjoyed a good harvest. But sugar in that country is now winding up as an important source of automotive fuel instead of as a sweetener on dinner tables. Brazil has embarked on a crash program to manufacture ethyl-alcohol automobile fuel from sugar cane. And last month, when the Persian Gulf war halted oil shipments from Iraq, which supplies 50% of Brazil's petroleum imports, the government slapped an emergency ban on all new sugar export contracts. The action is expected to remove at least...
...Electric Horseman; Burt Reynolds and Sally Field midwifed a pregnant elephant in Smokey and the Bandit II; and now Robert Blake and Dyan Cannon transport a herd of cattle Coast to Coast. This picture follows the standard itinerary: "meeting cute" in Pennsylvania, mutual suspicion in Appalachia, fistfight and car crash in Kansas City, loving and leaving in the Rockies, reconciliation in California. At the fadeout, man, woman and cows are all contented...
...within the next month, according to the official announcement. At the same time the Chinese will dispose of another, even older bit of unfinished business: the 1971 plot in which then Defense Minister Lin Biao allegedly tried to assassinate Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Lin reportedly died in a plane crash after his attempt failed. But now his six coconspirators, who have been jailed for the past nine years, will stand formally accused before a military court...