Word: holmeses
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TO PARAPHRASE SIR ARTHUR CONAN Doyle, it was with a heavy heart that I read of the sudden death of British actor Jeremy Brett [CHRONICLES, Sept. 25]. He was the best Sherlock Holmes ever. He will be sadly missed by Sherlockians everywhere in the world. JUNE M. WORTH Philadelphia
WHEN JEREMY BRETT DIED, SO DID SHERlock Holmes for me. Thank God for videotapes of his performances. BEN CRIPS Cheyenne, Wyoming
Oliver Wendell Holmes, who knew intelligence when he saw it, judged Franklin Roosevelt "a second-class intellect, but a first-class temperament." Born and educated as an aristocrat, F.D.R. had polio and needed a wheelchair for most of his adult life. Yet, far from becoming a self-pitying wretch, he...
DIED. JEREMY BRETT, 59, British actor who brought a sepulchral presence, sardonic line readings and a sly sense of the eccentric to his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for the BBC--easily the most memorable interpretation of the role since Basil Rathbone's; of heart failure; in London.
Between 1969 and 1969 and 1973, the number of Blacks in Congress increased from 10 to 17 after the creation of majority-Black districts following the 1970 census. In the first election following redistricting as a result of the 1980 census, the number of Black representatives in Congress increased from...