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...idea that rest is a right has deep roots in our history. Blue laws were a gift as much as a duty, a command to relax and reflect. That tension, explains Sunday historian Alexis McCrossen, has always been less between sacred and secular than between work and respite; America does not readily sit still, even for a day. The Civil War and a demand for news begat the Sunday paper; industrialization inspired progressives to argue that libraries and museums should open on Sundays so working people could elevate themselves. Major league baseball held its first Sunday game...
...other side of the discussion, Dr. Vincent A. McCrossen, professor of philology at Boston College, said that such an argument against federal aid was totalitarian, and that state support of public schools alone violates the Catholic's individual rights and would set up an "oriental caste system...
Dogtag. In Chicago, Dolores McCrossen lost her dog, asked police to find it. Identifying marks: red nail polish on its toenails...
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