Word: holmeses
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The Constitution has stayed sturdy and relevant in large part because the Justices have been able to adapt it to what Jus tice Holmes called "the felt necessities of the time." Such a task is delicate, to be undertaken with reverence for established principle and the slow evolution of fundamental...
Carol L. Holmes, Philadelphia
Holmes had hoped to make his first fight this year for promoter Don King against the WBA titleholder from South Africa. But that fight was blocked, at least temporarily, when Holmes lost a lawsuit filed by Virginia attorney Richard Hirschfeld.
Hirschfeld contended he had a contract with Holmes that gave him first refusal on a Holmes-Coetzee fight.
The timetable for Holmes, who will be 35 on Nov. 3, calls for him to fight five more times. If he wins all five, he would be 50-0 -- and surpass the late Marciano's unblemished record of 49-0.