| 单词 | blue law |
| 例句 | Because of the blue laws in the town the show closed for the Sabbath. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Met’s inability to perform on Sundays was rooted in labor contracts, not blue laws. For the First Time, the Met Will Perform Opera on Sundays 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Good manners do not boil down to supermajorities, local blue laws or even religious tenets. Social Q’s: Dial Down Your Anger 2014-04-24T19:02:57Z In a society in which Sundays are no longer demarcated by blue laws and quieter rhythms, churches face increasing competition year-round from events like youth soccer tournaments. O Come All Ye Faithful, Except When Christmas Falls on a Sunday 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Although Pat was not religious, he claimed he had converted to Seventh-Day Adventism so he could get a religious exemption to keep his store open on Sundays, when other groceries were closed by blue laws. Jerry Jones helped transform the NFL, except when it comes to race For example, the courts have permitted religiously inspired blue laws that limit working hours or even shutter businesses on Sunday, American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The ban on early Sunday alcohol sales remained in place even after the Legislature in 2019 voted to eliminate North Dakota’s so-called blue laws that prohibited retailers from opening Sunday morning. North Dakota Senate votes for earlier Sunday alcohol sales 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z From a presidential speech to Pennsylvania’s restrictive blue laws to a velodrome flooded with mud, the league tends to move its contests to that day of the week only as a last resort. Are You Ready for Some (Wednesday) Football? 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z In a photograph posted by his mother, he is wearing what appears to be a blue law enforcement uniform as well as the kind of brimmed hat that state troopers wear. Kenosha protests peaceful after night of chaos and shootings 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Another thorny situation: The mall will abide by the blue laws, meaning retail will be closed Sundays even though the restaurants and theme parks will be open, says James Cassella, the East Rutherford, N.J. mayor. Massive American Dream mall to open but will shoppers come? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z America still has some "dry" counties, and local "blue laws", which ban sales on Sundays. Why prohibition failed so spectacularly 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z A Sunday hunting ban initially was part of a package of “blue laws” aimed at promoting church attendance, a notion that fails. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The Pittsburgh Pirates, as the team was originally known, began play in 1933 and because of the restrictive blue laws in Pennsylvania, they were not initially allowed to play home games on Sundays. Are You Ready for Some (Wednesday) Football? 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Travis said that he could imagine a future in which gambling became legal in Texas: “We had blue laws here twenty years ago, and now you can buy alcohol to-go,” he said. The Perils of Semi-Legal Poker 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The bipartisan measure lifting the state’s so-called blue laws passed the House last month. Legislature to tackle medical pot, taxes, shopping 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Democratic Rep. Pam Anderson and Republican Rep. Shannon Roers Jones are sponsoring nearly identical legislation aimed at lifting the state’s so-called blue laws. North Dakota lawmakers to mull Sunday shopping ban repeal 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Upland is a product of the old Los Angeles blue laws that pushed all questionable pursuits across the county line. Why did Jonathan Lethem turn toward the desert in 'The Feral Detective'? - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Indianapolis would have set the state’s blue laws back a century upon Reggie Miller’s return had he accepted the New York Knicks’ free agent offer in 1996, but this modern indifference is rooted in pragmatism. Perspective | Paul George’s return to Indiana overshadowed a better NBA story 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z For years, blue laws and a cultural condemnation of alcohol has kept much of the rural south dry, or at least sipping light beer. 'We’re changing something': can alcohol boost the Bible belt's economy? 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Voters in Richmond voted by a show of hands at a 2005 special meeting to lift the blue law, which bans serving alcohol on Sundays. Maine town seeing red over improperly repealed blue law 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Should we celebrate the Minneapolis liquor store owner’s devil-may-care attitude toward an antiquated blue law or condemn him for breaking a law he knew was still on the books? Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z The bipartisan measure lifting the state’s so-called blue laws failed 22-25 in the Senate on Tuesday. North Dakota Senate fails to repeal Sunday shopping ban 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z The bipartisan measure lifting the state’s so-called blue laws narrowly passed the House 48-46. Big budget forecast about to turn up heat on Legislature 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z The measure, HB1163, would repeal North Dakota’s longstanding Sunday business restrictions that are part of the state’s so-called blue laws. North Dakota Legislature to consider gun, pot, ethics bills 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z The city was dry until late 2014, when the town’s less than 15,000 residents finally voted to end its blue laws. West Texas A&M University researchers working on cloned beef 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z And it’s also true of things like the erasure of state blue laws, which placed restrictions on store hours. Donald Trump’s Case for Higher Prices 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The old blue law - a remnant of the Prohibition era - bans restaurants and bars from serving alcohol before noon. New York liquor law will allow Sunday boozing with brunch 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z State blue laws permitted hotel owners to sell hard liquor, his wife said. Stuart Anderson, who started Black Angus Steakhouse, dies at 93 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z So-called "blue laws" once prohibited Sunday commerce altogether in 34 states in the 1960s. How Sunday stopped being special for the American worker 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — It is still illegal to buy alcohol at a liquor store on Sunday in Indiana, a red state holding fast to an old blue law. Indiana Allows Christmas Alcohol Sales, but Many Aren’t Celebrating 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z A cold but sunny afternoon here with little going on in a city still somewhat under the influence of the old blue laws except for theatres open. How 200 People Covered the Pearl Harbor Attacks for TIME 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z During his legislative career, Mr. Moss led efforts to repeal some of Virginia’s old “blue laws,” which placed sometimes curious restrictions on the state’s dining, drinking and social habits. Thomas W. Moss Jr., former speaker of Va. House of Delegates, dies at 87 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The stores also closed a few other times, once because of blue laws and another time for a fire. LL Bean stores in Freeport to close for leader’s memorial 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z After all, the owners even adhered to religious blue laws and kept the doors of their stores closed on Sundays. DEBORAH SIMMONS: Religious liberty: 5 things you should know 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z It wasn’t that long ago that Colorado restricted the sale of alcohol on Sundays, a nonsensical holdover of puritanical “blue laws.” Colorado Editorial Roundup 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The idea takes its name from blue laws forbidding alcohol sales on Sundays. Craft Brewing Industry Stifled by Regulation 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Over time, what came to be called “blue laws” covered different activities, and varied state by state. Beliefs: Pope Francis Has a Few Words in Support of Leisure 2013-04-26T15:50:05Z The stores, however, won't be able to open Sundays unless Bergen County blue laws, which prohibit most retail activity on Sundays, are changed or the mall is exempted. Work on delayed NJ megamall expected to resume 2013-03-07T18:06:08Z New England’s blue laws were put down by early settlers to enforce proper behavior on Sundays, ensuring time for worship and a day of rest. Blue Laws Curb Consumerism Where Pilgrims Gave Thanks 2012-11-21T02:27:15Z Residents who staunchly support the blue laws presumably stayed away from the malls on Sunday. Storm Brings Extra Day of Shopping to a New Jersey Town 2012-11-12T03:59:53Z Some states still prohibit alcohol sales on Sundays, though those “blue laws” are fading, too. American beer and spirits: Prohibition hangover 2012-09-06T15:03:16Z But the company faces special challenges in the Meadowlands, the least of which are the local blue laws that prohibit retail activity on Sundays. DreamWorks Announces Plans for Meadowlands Amusement Park 2012-07-11T01:43:41Z Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z There was never much chance of getting Indiana's "blue law" suspended, just this once. Indiana liquor law could crimp Super Bowl parties 2012-02-01T23:28:37Z He said he opposed lifting the blue laws. Storm Brings Extra Day of Shopping to a New Jersey Town 2012-11-12T03:59:53Z And the holiday’s demise as a no-shopping interlude is the culmination of a steady retreat from pervasive blue laws that once banned shopping not only on Thanksgiving and other major holidays but also on Sundays. Common Sense: Door-Busters Become an Uninvited Thanksgiving Guest 2011-11-25T17:32:56Z Religiously motivated blue laws were once common across the Bible Belt. Georgia, or Most of It, Ends Sunday Ban on Alcohol Sales 2011-11-12T00:38:34Z Philadelphia, blue laws, and no movies on Sundays far off to my right. Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z The nation's few remaining blue laws are mostly in the South and Midwest and tend to limit liquor or car sales on Sundays. Indiana liquor law could crimp Super Bowl parties 2012-02-01T23:28:37Z You're making a capital mistake in trying to transplant the old Connecticut blue laws out here. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z “Of course they were grim and forbidding-looking,” supplemented Kitty, “and—” “And sanctimonious,” added some one, “with their blue laws.” Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z New York’s blue laws, it appears, are not holding up so well. City Critic: You Can Do That on a Sunday? 2011-05-15T01:25:07Z We had been assured by a newspaper friend that Washington was so full of inventors and blue law fans that if you "dropped a match anywhere a nut would step on it." Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z "If Bergen County's blue laws are to be changed, the voters must make that decision," Bergen Assemblywoman Connie Wagner said in a statement following Christie's announcement. New Jersey's Xanadu: Mall to become American Dream 2011-05-03T21:47:59Z But local blue laws prohibit retail sales on Sundays. Deal Is Reached to Revive and Expand Xanadu Project 2011-04-28T14:53:11Z If a few persons living in an obscure village in Ohio can bring about a movement like prohibition, the same influence can bring about a return of the old Connecticut blue laws. Psycho-Phone Messages 2011-03-27T02:00:12.363Z In "Natchez under the hill," the Sabbath, as a day of rest and public worship, is not observed according to the strictest letter of the old "blue laws." The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z In addition, Xanadu faces local blue laws, which prohibit retail sales on Sundays, and restrictions on mall activity imposed by the Giants football team on game days during the football season. Tentative Deal Reached to Complete Meadowlands Xanadu 2010-12-24T00:40:15Z It is, however, also possible that Christie would unilaterally repeal the blue laws. New Jersey's Xanadu: Mall to become American Dream 2011-05-03T21:47:59Z The blue laws of that era banned baseball on Sunday. Sports of The Times: More Often Than Not, Yankees Keep Their Lead 2010-09-25T16:44:00Z For men, the repeal of blue laws didn’t seem to influence church attendance or levels of happiness. Sunday Shopping Takes Toll on Happiness 2010-09-03T16:37:00Z The budget also removes a proposal to realize $65 million in sales tax revenue by repealing Bergen County’s “blue laws” restricting Sunday shopping. Shutdown Averted as New Jersey Reaches Budget Deal 2010-06-22T01:52:00Z Those were the days of the blue laws, when few businesses were open on Sunday, which meant there were few excuses to skip service. Some Harlem Churches in Fight for Survival 2010-05-24T01:39:00Z One issue that remains is the fate of the blue laws that are still on the books in Bergen County, where part of the Meadowlands complex is located. New Jersey's Xanadu: Mall to become American Dream 2011-05-03T21:47:59Z So-called blue laws in states from Connecticut to Indiana restrict the sale of alcohol on Sunday, as do local regulations elsewhere. 2010-02-14T06:05:00Z After the repeal of blue laws, women are about 17 percent less likely to report being “pretty happy,” and more likely to report being “not happy,” the researchers found. Sunday Shopping Takes Toll on Happiness 2010-09-03T16:37:00Z Here is a demand for blue laws, pure and simple. The Menace of Prohibition There were a few ragged ends not justified by the means, and many tyrannical prohibitions and faded blue laws, and a carefully locked cabinet, labeled "Old Maids' Wishes." The Book of Gud It is obviously impossible to pass a blue law compelling parents to conform to—what ideal? Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency I'll back Jean's common sense and intuition against the blue laws of the whole Hudson Bay Company.” The Wilderness Trail Part of the reason may be that some of the women were required to work on Sundays after the repeal of blue laws. Sunday Shopping Takes Toll on Happiness 2010-09-03T16:37:00Z The blue laws of the Hills gave this licence. Dwellers in the Hills It so happened that at the period of Paulet’s arrival the Connecticut blue laws had been for at least three weeks steadily enforced. Typee Fifty years hence, the black laws of Connecticut will be a greater source of amusement to the antiquarian, than her famous blue laws. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Priscilla is thinking of the old Connecticut Blue Laws about mush," replied Mrs. Lyman, smiling; "we don't mind the blue laws up here in Maine. Little Grandmother And thus it was that Morton's fabricated tale of the Weymouth hanging passed into genuine history along with the "blue laws" of Connecticut. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth The blue laws, if they may be so called in this case, were secretions of the blue blood. The Age of the Reformation The old blue laws were stringently enforced, and the penalty for infringement was usually a sharp one. Greenwich Village Enforcement of the blue laws would make Sunday not a day of resting but of arresting. More Toasts "Shall we have to give up our vacation at Hollyhill on account of this?" asked Katherine Crane almost as dejectedly as if she were being sentenced to prison for violating a Connecticut blue law. Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds I'm more concerned about what will happen to me to-day, and that depends not on blue laws, but blue blood. A Young Girl's Wooing The "blue laws," as such regulations on their moral side came to be called, were no Protestant innovation. The Age of the Reformation In 1897 local option prevails in Texas, and the blue laws of Connecticut are abolished to the extent that recreation on Sundays is no longer prohibited. Popular Law-making The laws against witchcraft, the long line of "blue laws," the laws affecting religious beliefs and many social customs, are well-known examples of legal and innocent acts which legislatures and courts have once made criminal. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment Abolishing the use of alcoholic drinks and of tobacco, putting the blue laws into effect, suppressing all rough sports, may make a cleaner, more sanitary, more hygienic, a quieter world. Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians Well, it was an awful scandal this, and a dreadful violation of the blue laws of the young nation. Nature and Human Nature And as for the fuchsia, how far it has grown from the blue laws. Vignettes of San Francisco A favorite assertion was that I was enforcing a 'blue law,' an obsolete law that had never before been enforced. Theodore Roosevelt Consecutive-fifths are as harmless as blue laws compared with the relentless tyranny of the "media." Essays Before a Sonata There is nothing more to add on the situation of the Catholics in the land of the "blue laws." Irish Race in the Past and the Present Could they, under those milder skies, have developed witchcraft, set up blue laws, and indulged in the killing of Quakers? The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware The public denounced this attempt to strangle its liberties and reviled the Police Chief as the would be enforcer of obsolescent blue laws. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography Crofut responded immediately with an oath, that he did not care a d——n for the Connecticut blue laws. 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