Word: archaicism
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...Segal has translated the play into idioms that, for all their cleverness, alternate for the most part between the archaic and the Joosh. To his eternal credit, however, he has managed to preserve both the metres and the mischievousness of the original...
There is no excuse for the archaic lighting in such chambers as Emerson D and the Geological Lecture Room, the lack of writing boards in the Fogg lecture room, and the use of rooms bombarded with the sounds of a growing Harvard. And certainly it would not strain University finances to refinish the blackboard in Lowell Lecture Hall...
...opera itself has strengths and weaknesses. The hour-long work is quite powerful; its production is excellent; but what holds both back from more complete success is the general dramatic character--a preoccupation with archaic mystique and a steady, general tension at the expense of the opera's issues and dramatic progression...
...puppet to the thunder of an ancient god. For a while, they held the stage with nothing in the background, but over the years, Broderson's compositions have grown increasingly complex. They are the result of innumerable sketches, worked and reworked until the final structure, often an almost archaic architecture, is just right...
Ratification of the Constitution by the original states--of which Massachusetts was one--was obtained only after the citizens in each state received definite and positive assurances that this fundamental concept of government was recognized by the Constitution Is this principle of states' rights as archaic doctrine, as insisted by those who seek the concentration of power in Washington? I say to you that it is a living principle, as vital and essential today as it was in the foundation days of the Republic--the doctrine of free society and free men, as opposed to regimentation of thought and action...