Word: archaically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have heard good things about him and amoptimistic that he could modernize the way thatthe University deals with its employees," Kotowskisaid. "The way they do it now is so archaic...
...Baird episode earlier this year revealed a deep American squeamishness on the subject of servants. We don't even have names we feel comfortable with for people who do this kind of work. "Nanny"? O.K. for news headlines -- nice and short -- but too arch and archaic for daily use. "Child-care worker"? Too clinical. And then there's the cleaning lady. "Cleaning lady"? Please! "Maid"? "The help...
...teaching fellows, perhaps they would have more time to read papers if we did away with most traditional lectures. I don't quite understand why we persist with this archaic format where professors just read the same lecture notes they've read for years, changing them a little every now and then. Why is it so unthinkable to do away with the speech and fluff that goes into a fifty minute lecture...
...popular image of the prep school is based on outdated stereotypes that many of today's preppies find insulting. Many prep schools, especially the New England boarding schools, are actively trying to shed their archaic images. Today's prep school students aren't all male, aren't all rich and they certainly aren't all white...
...turner's global village, foreignness is an irrelevant, archaic concept. Almost everyone and everything is accessible. Our familiarity with the mortuary that is Somalia and with the spread of hate in Germany is largely the courtesy of sophisticated telecommunications...