1.   The thing about federal holidays is they often get homogenized or commercialized or trivialized.

2.   Because of the federal holiday, records were unavailable Monday.

3.   Because Tuesday is Veterans Day, a federal holiday, there will be no postal service, and most banks will be closed.

4.   A federal holiday is a political and practical rarity.

5.   A national commission on election reform will release its report Tuesday, recommending that election day become a federal holiday and that voting equipment be upgraded.

6.   But enough on race relations, politics and federal holidays, even though these topics have now accounted for a small chunk of the precious newspaper space.

7.   But four years ago, the information technology professional for Coca-Cola decided to do something to remember the man the federal holiday was designated to honor.

8.   Closed some federal holidays.

9.   Closed weekends and federal holidays.

10.   If you add in our federal holidays, are we actually in better shape than one might otherwise think?