Word: archaically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Andrew B. Herrmann '82, a member of the Student Assembly, which endorsed the boycott last week, said yesterday CRR is "an archaic and dangerous institution...
Like the latest U.S. Episcopal revision, voted in last year after fierce debate, the English Alternative Service Book aims to provide easily understood language and numerous optional forms of services. In the process, many resounding and beloved phrases have been dropped or altered. The archaic "I plight thee my troth" of the wedding vow gives way to "This is my solemn vow." "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace" becomes "Lord now you let your servant go in peace." "We praise thee, O God" changes to "You are God and we praise you." "We are truly sorry...
...teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, I found myself ill-prepared for the harsh, realistic world that exists beyond it. In a world where overpopulation breeds starvation and unwanted children are subject to abuse and neglect, I'd say it's about time the church's archaic stance on contraception was rightfully challenged by its own rank and file...
Direct election: For years, analysts and legislators have argued that the electoral college, by taking the final decision "out of the people's hands," is an archaic, outmoded and unfair way of selecting our presidents. What they--and a number of Congressmen who have introduced legislation--suggest is the institution of a direct vote, with the candidate receiving a plurality of the popular vote being the winner. But opponents, who claim that a direct vote would work unfairly against small states, have held the edge in the debate...
When Michael Herr's Dispatches first appeared in 1977, the critics applauded this unique rendering of the Viet Nam experience. Citing the dearth of compelling fiction from Viet Nam, they hinted that the novel and short story had finally proven themselves archaic in both form and sensibility, as evidenced by their inability to capture the immediacy and disjointed folly of this most foreign of American wars. Now Herr's book was something else, and they called it everything imaginable: rock 'n' roll reporting; a personal journal; a transcript of the "mad-pop-poetic/ bureaucratically camouflaged language in which Viet...