Word: archaically
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time of postal reform, our postal system was in serious trouble. It was suffering under an archaic organizational structure and overlapping and often contradictory laws and regulations. It was also hindered by an ancient physical plant, low employee morale and productivity, and political pressures. These problems left a poor legacy as postal management has struggled to bring about change. Improvements have been made and, despite occasional complaints, the overall record of the Postal Service in terms of reliability and speed of delivery is quite good, particularly when compared with other countries...
Mississippi is the Magnolia State, but by many measures it is a faded flower. Its archaic constitution prohibits dueling and admonishes the Governor to sneak into the treasurer's office at night to count all the state's money. Its youngsters are not required by law to attend school. Its people have the lowest per capita annual income in the nation ($3,803). Its dominant Democratic Party has grown sluggish after 100 years of unbroken rule. But as it approaches a gubernatorial election on Nov. 4, some new breezes are blowing on the old magnolia. Two sometime mavericks...
...York's housing has deteriorated alarmingly. More than 30,000 apartments are being abandoned each year. One major reason is the city's archaic rent-control law, which has been on the books since World War II. Because landlords in many instances cannot raise rents enough to cover costs, they simply walk away from unprofitable buildings, leaving them in the hands of the city, which can scarcely afford to rehabilitate them or even maintain them. With fuel costs high and climbing, abandonments are bound to accelerate. Real estate tax delinquencies are also ominously rising; they reached $220 million in fiscal...
...Nadelman's biographer, Lincoln Kirstein, observed, he "refined all coarseness into a subtle fixity of ostentation." He could give the postures of invitation and entertainment a detached grace almost worthy of an archaic kouros. The Whitney show reminds us how good minor...
...unions' propensity to walk off the job on almost any excuse takes a heavy toll: in 1974, strikes and other work stoppages cost Britain 1,418 man-days of labor for every 1,000 workers, v. 410 in France and only 82 in West Germany. Unions also enforce archaic work rules and featherbedding practices that keep productivity low. By one estimate, the average Japanese worker produces six times more autos per year than his British counterpart...