Standing on a platform draped with white cloth to look like a boatthe campaign symbol of the Awami League Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheik Mujibur Rahman delivered his last campaign speech at the little village of Dirai north of Dacca. The village is accessible only by boat or on foot (or, in the Prime Minister's case, by helicopter), but by the time Mujib arrived, 20,000 people had crowded in from as far as 25 miles away to hear the man they call Bangabandhu (Friend of Bengal).
"I have not been able to give you two meals a day," Mujib told them. "I have...
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