Word: sabbatarian
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...peace scares [stock-market investors]," the punitive assault on drug usage, calls for "an Onassis tax, a tax on tax expatriates, and not-likely-to-get-through-the-eye-of-a-needle-tax." He serves delicious remarks on the moon shot with "our three Astrobards reading Bible poetry to Sabbatarian earthlings," rips into the reptilian dowagers and Saharian financiers who run the orchestras. We hear of a recent concert tour-"a via dolorosa "-which took him (against his will?) to Miami, where "everyone looked like he was fried in butter," and Hawaii, where everyone was addicted to pineapples...
...Massachusetts sabbatarian statute dates from 1692, the time of the Salem witchcraft trials, and has remained on the books ever since. The heart of the law, now as in the seventeenth century, is, "Whoever on the Lord's Day keeps open his shop, warehouse, or work-house or does any matter of labor, business or work except works of neccesity or charity shall be punished by a fine of not more than...
...Lilly's long life as a hunter he probably killed close to 1,000 bears and mountain lions. He might have killed more but for one Sabbatarian self-limitation: he would abandon even the freshest trail on Saturday evening and refuse to pick it up again until Monday morning. Says Author Dobie: Ben Lilly "was in the tradition of the Mountain Men and was the very last man in that tradition. There can never be another...
...Britons who live in the somnolent shadow of Sabbatarian BBC, prewar Radio Luxembourg was a sprightly, sunny beam. Its bright shows included hotcha acts from British music halls, such U.S. soap operas as Stella Dallas...
...West End is still largely restricted to matinees, but managers are seeking the Home Office's permission to stagger the curtain time of evening performances, thus avoid any blackout congestion. Managers are also seeking permission to give Sunday shows. In peacetime, Sunday shows would be howled down by Sabbatarian diehards, but England is least conservative when at war: During World War I she pushed through woman suffrage and daylight saving...