Word: archaicism
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After deliberating less than four hours, the jury found DeSalvo sane and guilty on all counts. For all his earlier confidence, Bailey seemed only momentarily disappointed and quickly announced his intention of appealing. He considers the Massachusetts insanity test archaic and hopes the state's Supreme Judicial Court will take the opportunity to bring it into line with less restrictive tests now applied in a number of state and federal courts. Said Bailey: "I am glad to get a shot at that foolish...
Some blame for the stall rests with the archaic ICC, despite its unanimous backing of the Penn Central. The commission made a basic mistake by taking up the eastern mergers piecemeal instead of together. This made it possible -and probable-that every other railroad would commence to scramble for position. There are indications, however, that even the hoary ICC is changing. Last month Commissioner William H. Tucker, 43, a onetime paratrooper who is not afraid to jump into railroad battles, moved into the chairman's job. Tucker has long argued against the case-by-case approach. "The public...
...Office managed to get by with only routine delays in most places. Much worse than a couple of weeks of slower deliveries, however, is the very real danger of having a "holiday hell" all year long. The Johnson Administration fears that the ever-growing mail load imposed on an archaic postal system could seriously erode year-round service in a few years unless drastic reforms are made...
...Cross, I should be interested to learn how the two young men (Mr. George E. Engdahl Jr. and Mr. Robert M. Conway) have fared since they dared to write -and have published -a letter [Dec. 2] correctly stating that the stand of the Roman Catholic Church is "narrow-minded, archaic," etc., rebirth control. Their correct appraisal is equaled only by their outright courage -for I can recall the day when to voice, much less to publish, a critique of the church, by a student within one of its institutions, was to have culminated in immediate expulsion -preceded by a dictated...
...giving reasons for "firing" a student, the old Administrative Board used to throw students out for what was termed "ungentlemanly conduct." Recently, however, ungentlemanly conduct (commonly known as the elastic clause) has been replaced by "irresponsible behavior," no less all-inclusive, but somehow less archaic...