Word: archaicism
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Hence the glorious relief of those recent holiday meals. The food is unreformed, archaic, predictable -- mashed potatoes and gravy, overcooked veggies, huge slabs of pie. It's democratic, if not downright egalitarian -- meaning pretty much the same collection of foodstuffs whether you dine in a mansion or a soup kitchen. We can give thanks, with a chorus of satisfied belches, that the food is for once meant just to be filling, and that the only entertainment we're likely to find at the table is the people who are seated around...
...usual, some grumbled about Harvard's archaic finals system...
...poet's infant stitches are paired with a work by contemporary text artist Jenny Holzer entitled, "Don't Talk Down to Me..." Holzer's sampler-inspired ultimatum for respect, spoken presumably by a woman, inspires comparisons to the changing role of women in American culture. Dickinson's deceptively archaic sampler, fading with age, reminds us of all that has not changed...
...their school on teaching quality, program content and career placement. According to the survey, Harvard graduates were dissatisfied with the slow pace of curricular reform and the high fees associated with attending the school. Graduates also deplored the administration's lack of responsiveness. One 1994 graduate branded HBS an "archaic dinosaur...
...carry out the ultimate attack which will provoke Israel. Although it was initially successful in attaining its two goals, Hamas failed and will continue to fail. Hamas seems to cling desperately to the pitiful idea that terror is an effective political tool. They seem to still uphold the archaic notion that Israelis can be terrorized out of Israel...