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...authored Blue Laws: The History, Economics, and Politics of Sunday-Closing Laws. Blue laws, which restrict shopping of any kind on Sunday, date back to the colonial era, Laband says. However, those laws gradually died off as economic forces made some states realize that they could stand to gain by having stores open on Sunday. For example, the entry of women into the workforce in World War II made weekend shopping a necessity. (See pictures of Denver, Beer Country...
...Widener Library. The work was called “A Guide for the Freshman of this College” and featured rules for proper freshman behavior. It also appeared in a recent issue of the Lampoon. The Harvard Book Store was pleased to host the event, said Heather Gain, marketing manager of the shop. “We’re such close neighbors here, just on opposite ends of Plympton Street,” she said of the Lampoon. “It’s great to be able to work with them on a public event...
...Europe's capitals that are leading the way for now. Will Washington appreciate the help or view it as an attempt at business gain from American military pain? "They don't have any choice, because the business world doesn't quibble with concerns of woulds, shoulds or oughts, but rather who gets the signature on the contract first," says Philippe Moreau Defarges, a senior fellow on international relations at the French Institute on Foreign Relations in Paris. "Tragically for America, meanwhile, now that stability and order is starting to be imposed, the Iraqi leadership is increasingly defining and evolving itself...
...Army will gain in its strength in human capital, and the immigrants will gain their citizenship.' LIEUT. GENERAL BENJAMIN FREAKLEY, the U.S. Army's top recruitment officer, on allowing immigrants with temporary visas to enlist...
...anyone be surprised that it happened this way? It’s not every day that circumstances allow you to co-opt your opposition. The New Deal and the Great Society were not bipartisan initiatives. Look at it from the Republicans’ point of view. What do they gain from bipartisanship? If Obama successfully builds bipartisan support for his agenda, who gets the credit? John Boehner and Mitch McConnell...