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...austere silver temple that looks like the court of Krypton, Zeus (Laurence Olivier) plays with clay figurines, brings them to life, sends them through labyrinths of adventures, sentences them to spectacular deaths. Now he is pondering the fate of Perseus (Harry Hamlin), Zeus' son by one of his many extramarital manifestations. Shall Perseus realize his destiny as champion beastslayer and husband of fair Andromeda (Judi Bowker...
...manager complained to the House master, and Hamlin was called into the master's office. "I didn't know what it was all about. I was scared. Then the master said, 'About that cockroach...'" But Hamlin didn't want to squander his upward mobility by making a fuss over a hungry roach. "It was a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing. But I was worried, I thought: 'Is my degree in jeopardy? My future?' This master was pretty mad because the manager was outraged. I never got a chance to confront...
...extreme. "I hate to seem so money-minded. I've gone through a lot, accomplished a lot, and I want to be financially secure. Where have I been the last nine years except under somebody in control of me?" he asks. "It's really nice to have options." So Hamlin will move into real estate in California, where he says "interest rates will have to go down" to the point where he will be able to cash in on the boom...
...will play it by ear. But he will not allow the chips to fall as they may. Hamlin belongs in the tradition of the self-made. And Harvard has proved an appropriate milieu for a proud ex-Marine. He has dissolved the tension between "We" and "Me" by choosing the latter, without hesitation or prevarication. Yet he maintains a fundamental unselfishness and deep loyalty to those who have helped...
...distance between the Saigon embassy and the paths of the Yard is incalculable. But whether Chuck Hamlin is pushing helicopters off carriers, cramming for an exam, or selling real estate, he is doing it. Bold assertion belongs to a previous time, perhaps, but that hasn't stopped...