Word: archaicism
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...biggest single problem, say railroadmen, is the archaic system of regulations enforced by Interstate Commerce Commission. Says Pittsburgh & Lake Erie President John W. Barriger: "The ICC's current rules are as economically stupid as 18th century medicine. They are killing the railroads. If General Motors had to wear our uniform in this league, it would be busted in two years...
...right of unlimited debate (i.e., nonstop filibuster privileges) on proposals to change the rules themselves. With half the members already signed on as cosponsors, the rules amendment should pass with little difficulty. With both measures through, a tiny band of Southerners who over the years have combined seniority and archaic rules to strangle legislation that displeased them will have suffered momentous defeat...
...Russians, no doubt, admire London for his quaintly archaic socialism. Despite his limitations, Americans can still read him for other reasons-a raw vitality and a real storytelling gift...
Wilder regarded Miss Sitwell as a "Sibyl of archaic tradition," and felt that she speaks like Atropos, one of the three Fates. He compared her treatment of the catastrophies of man to that of Jeffers, and felt that she was "a modern revelation of St. John...
...frats, moreover, have deep roots in Penn's history, and to suggest that they are perhaps a bit archaic is to incur undying hatred from many prominent (and wealthy) alumni. The "old grad" would as soon sacrifice a thousand professors as do away with old Kappa Dappa Doo. Whether or not it likes the system, the University is shackeled to it for the foreseeable future...