Word: archaicism
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Thus he sculpts archaic warriors centaurs and gods (see opposite page) -and sculpts them as half abstractions or stretched out almost like the stick figures of Giacometti. But where Giacometti shows man squeezed in the torture of existence, Capralos' bronze men are modeled with a stripped, surging nobility. In 1962, Capralos' sculptures were the sole occupants of the Greek pavilion at the Venice Biennale. There Manhattan Dealer Martha Jackson signed him up for his first U.S. show of >4 bronzes, now on view in her gallery...
...present system has been in effect at least since the war and may well be archaic. Yale now uses IBM computers to distribute its freshman classes among the upperclass colleges...
...amounted to 50%. Again this year, De Gaulle's regime demanded that butchers cut some fat from their prices. Last week, striking back, indignant Parisian butchers closed clown 3,355 of 3,744 butcher shops in greater Paris and cut off beef purchases from La Villette, the vast, archaic meat-wholesaling center on the edge of the city. That strictly limited the capital's supply. Result: chaos...
Instead, their place was taken in the arena by the "gadarawa" (male dancers, usually humorous, affecting outlandish or archaic attire) who spun and twirled and twisted, cupping their hands to their mouths the better to emphasize the strident coarseness of he hoarse cries which they continually emitted...
...Joseph Rowbottom ('12), whose roommate was allegedly wont to start trouble by bellowing drunkenly from the street, "Rowbottom! Rowbottom!" The student guide still warns girls to "seek immediate shelter" when Rowbottoms strike; they must lock doors, douse lights and hide until the official all clear. Also looking increasingly archaic is the discriminatory system of fraternities, eleven of them Jewish and 25 gentile...