The shape is entirely within the bounds of late baroque taste, and no important asymmetrical motifs are evident in the elaborate scrollwork except in a decorative cartouche on the top.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes and a noted spiritist, died today at his home, Windlesham, in Crowborough, Sussex. He was 71 years old.
Everyone should have access to the great works of the world, whether heavy (Shakespeare, “Moby-Dick”, pi to 1m places), or light (Peter Pan, Sherlock Holmes, the “Kama Sutra”).
The 85-year-old Norway Spruce was donated by a family in Maryland, the first time a tree from that state will stand at Rockefeller Center and it will be covered with 50,000 colored lights.
Along for the ride are a St. Jude Children's Hospital physician's assistant, an employee of the Lockheed Martin Aerospace Company and a community college teacher.