Word: archaicism
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...accepted system in nistitutions of all sizes. There is nothing in the present makeup of Harvard which would prevent the smooth working of such a system and there is no official objection to it in principle. The existing method of assigning course credits at Harvard is archaic and unjust; the suggested plan is equitable and practical, and only an excess of inertia stands in the way of its adoption...
...telescoped into a streamlined statue of Lenin. Picking words that would sting most he declared of Iofan's work: "It goes back to the most decadent pseudo-Roman development, the sort of thing old kings and old queens loved, a sort of tremendous wedding cake . . . incorporating the worst archaic figures of the capitalistic system...
...scrupulous man, an opportunist who triumphs at last not so much by virtue as endurance. Joyce first conceived the tale of Leopold Bloom as a short story, only to discover too many possibilities in it. In his strolls down the beaches of literature he stumbled on the Odyssey, an archaic old bottle but still stout, decided it was just the thing for his 20th Century wine. Thus. Ulysses became Bloom, the wanderer in search of home, wife and son. Penelope was his wife Molly, Telemachus, Stephen. Other obvious parallels: Hades, the graveyard; the Cave of Aeolus, the newspaper office...
...papers he has set his heart on. Somebody else has invariably pre-empted the 1933 models first, absconding with them in unholy glee and with the determination to make the most of his luck; with the result that the student in question must content himself with a volume of archaic exams more in keeping with the curiosities in the treasure room than the exam files...
...noteworthy that the new liberal complexion derives not only from President Roosevelt but from the old "insurgent" Republicans or Progressives with whom, the old Democratic minority used to work. Out of line with all parties for a lifetime, Nebraska's grey old Senator Norris, who finally slew the archaic lame duck session of Congress with the 20th Amendment, now finds the majority party in line with himself on public utilities and farm relief. Colorado's Costigan was for years the left-handed bad boy of the Tariff Commission. He will shortly behold his dream- a rationalized, selective tariff...