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WORLD NOTES INDIA THE SNAKE IN THE GARDEN THE GUNMAN IN THE BUSH FIRST FIRED AT 7 A.M., SHORTLY AFTER HIS TARGET, INDIAN PRIME MINISTER RAJIV GANDHI, ENTERED THE CORDONED-OFF GARDENS OF THE RAJ GHAT IN NEW DELHI. THE SHOT WAS BARELY NOTICED BY THOSE ATTENDING OUTDOOR PRAYER SERVICES COMMEMORATING THE BIRTH OF MOHANDAS GANDHI, INDIA'S SPIRITUAL LEADER. INDEED, THE PRIME MINISTER'S ELITE GUARD CONCLUDED THAT THE NOISE HAD MERELY BEEN THE BACKFIRE OF A PASSING MOTOR SCOOTER. BUT AT 8:05, WHEN...
...rockets and slide them into the barrels. Another guerrilla commander, the bearded and burly Sher Mohammed, scans the horizon with a brand-new pair of West German military binoculars. Mahmad Alam confers via walkie-talkie with his forward artillery observer. "God is Great!" the devout guerrillas shout, almost in prayer. "Long live Islam! Long live Afghanistan! Death to Communism...
...grow toward an appreciation of others, a sense of common tragedy and the exercise of generosity. Yet, as soon as a community develops, individual freedom begins to be restricted. The result is the perpetual American balancing act, which applies to disputes on AIDS, drug testing, abortion, school prayer, to any issue or condition that would blow off the national roof were there no continuing, deliberate compromise between personal liberty and citizenship...
...conservatives once again take it upon themselves to define for all of Americans exactly what is and what is not socially acceptable, just as they have in the past come out for prayer in public schools and a constitutional amendment against abortion. And the great conservative myth of an end to big government comes back to haunt...
...invidious sectarianism that must be renounced in the strongest terms." People for the American Way, a liberal organization that has fought a guerrilla campaign against the religious right, produced a videotape with a telling sequence in which the preacher claims to have diverted Hurricane Gloria last year through prayer. It also includes a series of his inflammatory statements...