Word: archaicism
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...restrictions and manpower cuts, Sullivan believed, reduced the FBI's capacity to cope with spies at a time when the Soviets were expanding their espionage networks in the U.S. There is thus the irony that Hoover, so often accused of an "archaic" anti-Communist preoccupation, was actually less militant on the subject, in some ways, than Sullivan...
...social shifts can make familiar roles and myths archaic. Most Americans still believe that a woman's chief function is to be housewife and mother. In fact, 43% of American women today are in the labor force and 75% of these work full time, most of them because they have to support themselves or their families (see BUSINESS). Others work because they want a vocation with utility and meaning that their homes do not always provide-especially for a lifetime...
...Archaic Thinking. The approaches to eliminating heroin have too long been sporadic, diffused and confused. The President's program is only a first step, but it is a good one. Nixon's program heralds a more sympathetic approach to the addict's problems. Says one of its architects: "As the notion of the right to rehabilitation evolves into the consciousness of America, it will get us away from the archaic thinking that the drug addict is an evil character." It may also end, or at least curb, the spread of addiction. There is an urgency...
...third force" outside the traditional electoral system is reflected in two of Common Cause's current programs-reform of voting rights and campaign spending. The most effective access a citizen has to the political process is his right to vote. The inability of a citizen to vote because of archaic registration laws and practices is an intolerable denial of fundamental rights. Voting registration laws in many states make it extremely difficult to qualify to vote, particularly if one is poor, uneducated, or new to the state. Residency requirements alone prevent millions of transient Americans from voting. Common Causes' voting rights...
...find it damn discouraging to believe that the young ex-Navy lieutenant crying his heartfelt convictions out before a congressional ad hoc committee represents the majority feeling of America's youth. His fervent belief to be the "first to defend this nation should its shores be threatened" represents archaic thinking in a technological world...