Word: archaicism
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While retro may be stylish, antique quaint and archaic classy, I lay claim to none of the above. Instead, I can only call myself confusingly anachronistic--infected with nostalgia for bygone eras that were never mine to call...
...Board] system doesn't work. It isflawed. It is archaic and it is not made to dealwith cases of sexual assault," she said...
...film which is trying to reach out beyondthe frock film crowd--with war scenes that aretruly bloody, a Byzantine political atmosphere aslurid and conspiratorial as our own and a gleamingfeminist jewel in the center of the spectacle--itsElizabeth is decidedly archaic. Despite theexcellent work of Cate Blanchett, who resemblesthe real Queen Elizabeth to an astonishing degree,her character is seldom as active, charismatic andcomplex as the historical queen must have been.Perhaps if the film's plotting were lessconvoluted, perhaps if Blanchett's Elizabeth weremore appealing, perhaps if we saw Elizabethstruggle more with her own sovereignty, the filmmight truly give...
During these barren years, the Citgo Corporation had the opportunity to see exactly how much money they had been spending on the upkeep of this archaic form of advertising. Realizing that paying a monthly $10,000 in bills was not economical, a campaign to destroy this last form of "spectacular" advertising was set into motion. With the news of the demolition, however, many Bostonians became suddenly consumed with an intense feeling of nostalgia, and started their own campaign to save what they saw as an irreplaceable piece of Boston history...
...which over the years had failed to update a washing-machine factory in Louisville--described as an "obsolete facility" that is "just one step above archaic"--threatened to close it unless state and local governments helped subsidize its modernization and 7,000 hourly employees agreed to cost-cutting work rules...