Word: archaically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...film which is trying to reach out beyondthe frock film crowd--with war scenes that aretruly bloody, a Byzantine political atmosphere aslurid and conspiratorial as our own and a gleamingfeminist jewel in the center of the spectacle--itsElizabeth is decidedly archaic. Despite theexcellent work of Cate Blanchett, who resemblesthe real Queen Elizabeth to an astonishing degree,her character is seldom as active, charismatic andcomplex as the historical queen must have been.Perhaps if the film's plotting were lessconvoluted, perhaps if Blanchett's Elizabeth weremore appealing, perhaps if we saw Elizabethstruggle more with her own sovereignty, the filmmight truly give...
During these barren years, the Citgo Corporation had the opportunity to see exactly how much money they had been spending on the upkeep of this archaic form of advertising. Realizing that paying a monthly $10,000 in bills was not economical, a campaign to destroy this last form of "spectacular" advertising was set into motion. With the news of the demolition, however, many Bostonians became suddenly consumed with an intense feeling of nostalgia, and started their own campaign to save what they saw as an irreplaceable piece of Boston history...
...which over the years had failed to update a washing-machine factory in Louisville--described as an "obsolete facility" that is "just one step above archaic"--threatened to close it unless state and local governments helped subsidize its modernization and 7,000 hourly employees agreed to cost-cutting work rules...
...illustrates another corporate-welfare story that TIME encountered repeatedly. After failing to keep a facility up to date, a company claims a plant is "archaic" and threatens to close it unless government officials come up with incentives to help pay for modernization. That is what happened in Louisville, Ky., where a much larger conglomerate, General Electric Co., said that to meet profit goals, its plant had to be modernized--with taxpayer dollars. This from a company that appears at the top of the lists of the "best managed" corporations in America, whose revenue last year reached $91 billion and whose...
...relic of the early years of the shop remains, though: an archaic electronic eggbeater, now yellowed, that Tahmili bought for $3 at a garage sale...