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LETTERS: Amy Musher (Chief); Gloria J. Hammond (Deputy); Marian Powers (Administration...
LETTERS: Amy Musher (Chief); Gloria J. Hammond (Deputy); Marian Powers (Administration...
...their sentiments entirely xenophobic. Many contend that at a time of slow job growth and pinched budgets for social services, the country simply cannot accommodate a flood of the world's "homeless, tempest-tost." Bette Hammond, spokeswoman for a California group calling itself STOP IT -- for Stop the Out-of-Control Problems of Immigration Today -- suggests a rewrite of Lazarus: "If the Statue of Liberty could speak, she would say, 'Many of my people are jobless and homeless. My natural resources are fast disappearing from overcrowding and pollution, while my cities are full of crime. My domestic tranquillity...
...John Hammond is a man in love with an idea. Inspired by motives of applied science and pure profit, he has pursued a scheme to clone dinosaurs from their preserved dna and show off the brand-new behemoths on an island preserve. He has imperiled some noted scientists, and even his two young grandchildren, by inviting them to inspect the park before it is ready. Dino disaster awaits...
...Hammond might be an ogre, twisting genetic research into capitalist exploitation, creating the ultimate carnival sideshow, where the freaks eat the gawkers. That is pretty much how Michael Crichton sketched the old man in the novel Jurassic Park. But the Hammond played by Richard Attenborough in Steven Spielberg's movie version is another fellow altogether; the director calls him "a cross between Walt Disney and Ross Perot." Hammond is certainly a visionary, a fabulous showman, an enthusiast, an emperor of ice cream, a kid with a great new toy. "Top of the line!" he chirps. "Spared no expense...