The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, September 1, 1995              TAG: 9509010031
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A16  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

WATER'S THICKER

Reading your article on state Sen. Clarence ``Clancy'' Holland of Virginia Beach and his brother state Sen. Richard Holland of Windsor (``Sibling ribaldry: The brothers grin,'' Daily Break, Aug. 28) reminded me of a rather good line Clancy got off a few years ago when I asked him about his fighting with Richard over the Lake Gaston issue:

Well,'' drawled Clancy, ``it's just a question of water being thicker than blood.''

JACK DEMPSEY

Smithfield, Aug. 28, 1995 by CNB