The bank holiday closed all banks, and they were permitted to reopen only after being deemed solvent by government inspectors.
This time, the authorities' precautions included declaring a three-day holiday, closing businesses and government offices and flooding streets with police officers.
(Brantley) 'Death Takes a Holiday' (closes on Sunday) Maury Yeston's melodious score and superior singing still can't quite spark this musical, based on an Italian play from the 1920s, into consistent life.
Ideas include changing Election Day to a weekend or making it a federal holiday, closing polls at the same time across the country, allowing voter registration on Election Day and requiring that machines give voters receipts.
(Cotter)20110623 Tobias Putrih: 'When Language Goes on a Holiday' (closes on Saturday) The latest from this Slovenian artist is a flexible system of thin, mostly hexagonal, perforated sheets of black aluminum that can be bolted together any number of ways.
On the same day as David Cameron, Britain's prime minister, was encouraging his compatriots to holiday closer to home came news of strikes that could perversely help realise his vision.In a wide-ranging speech about inbound tourism Mr Cameron wondered how to wean Britons off their foreign habits.
Roosevelt's first order of business upon taking office was to declare a bank holiday, closing every bank in the country and dispatch inspectors to pore over books and accounts.
"When you say you're close to your parents, do you mean birthday-and-holidays close, or share-a-bathroom close?" July 14 , 2014
Each year, when Rosa and her family holidayed close to Santa Cristina, on the Costa Brava, Montse spent two weeks with them.
