Word: archaically
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Attorney General of Australia ("You will notice we no longer say the Commonwealth of Australia," announced his press aide), demanded the removal of "all the residual legislative, executive and judicial authority over Australia." These ties, he said, were demeaning "relics of colonialism." Murphy was referring specifically to two archaic legal technicalities: the right of the British Parliament to pass laws affecting Australia (which it has not done for years anyway) and the use of the judicial committee of the Privy Council, the Queen's advisory body, to appeal cases from the Australian High Court or from Australia...
Once they were the crown jewel of professional sport, a franchise whose very name was synonymous with big league success. But over the years, an archaic ballpark, a deteriorating neighborhood, and a roster of mediocre players have considerably dulled the sparkle of the New York Yankees. Last week the team's owners, the Columbia Broadcasting System, cut their losses by selling the Bronx Bombers for the modest sum of $10 million cash to a syndicate headed by Yankee President and CBS Executive Michael Burke...
...police forms, the officer officially responsible for some of the heroin's removal (although there is evidence his signature was forged) was Detective Joseph Nunziatta, who killed himself with his own revolver last March after being questioned by federal agents. In any event, the caper underscored the archaic inefficiency of police procedures. It showed why local forces have such a difficult time keeping ahead of organized crime, which probably instigated the horse thievery...
...With archaic manner a lady in her pique...
Painting Capitol Hill in lurid colors of corruption and incompetence, the authors feel, is the way to show the public how "Congress shackles itself with inadequate political campaign laws, archaic rules, the seniority system, secrecy, understaffing, and grossly deficient ways to obtain crucial information." Most essentially, Who Runs Congress is intended to reveal "a Congress which does not lead, but is led, and which continues to relinquish its constitutional authority and leadership role in government...