Word: archaicism
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...Security Council veto, at least in part, through its majorities in the General Assembly. It has been clear for some time that the rush of the new African members into the U.N. would reduce or destroy those majorities. Some of these new members are volatile, hypnotized by the archaic fear of colonialism, and easily susceptible to Communist influence. As in the Goa case, many of them act blindly on a double standard, ready to condemn the West, rarely ready to criticize their own friends or the Communists. Does this mean, as some suggested last week, that the "Afro-Asian bloc...
Unfortunately, the idealism that Rebecca West (Andrea Peterson) would instill in Rosmer (Thom Babe) is both archaic and syrupy in sound, making the actress' job incredibly difficult. For example...
...defending minority abide by its own principles. But do not let these principles continue to be imposed on the whole of a society which no longer subscribes to them. The archaic Blue Laws are a legislated nuisance to most people. They should be abolished...
...replacing the archaic system of representation by class, the seven-man re-evaluation committee recognized the Houses as the significant units in the College today. If approved, the constitution they propose may transform an ineffectual Council, confused as to its constituency and schizophrenic about its purpose, into an organ with a functional role in the University community. The council which it creates will work on a smaller scale and will drop the pretense of being the official spokesman for all students. In its more modest position it will stop trying to censor other student activities and organizations...
...Falls makes very little sense if you don't buy some of Gardner's beliefs; his essential assumption being that the great attack will somehow come about because of internal evil, that the greed and weakness of our society will push us over the brink. I cannot share this archaic, retributive morality; nor do I buy the proposition that all evil is alike and from a common source...