Word: archaicism
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Since he took over last fall, Frankel has tinkered with both the look and content of the Times. He has increased the number and size of photographs. He rescinded an archaic rule that reporters could have only one byline in an issue, introduced double bylines on a single story, and allowed the word gay to be used to describe homosexuals -- a radical decision for a paper that only last year accepted...
Austrians have officially given up the becher and the pfiff as units of volume. The Soviets likewise no longer use the zolotnik and the funt for weight. So why do Americans cling to such archaic units of measurement as the pound, bushel and inch? Our system of units, a modification of the so-called British imperial system, which even Britain has largely abandoned, is complicated. Converting from inches to feet requires dividing by twelve, (quick, how many feet is 97 inches?); going from pounds to ounces calls for multiplying by 16. By comparison, the metric system is a breeze: just...
...Harvard is an archaic institution that came out in the days of monarchical and colonial America--it has a pseudo-feudal style that is not at all representative of democratization," he explains...
Bird watching. Noun (archaic). A form of harmless staring, conducted in woody areas, by genial eccentrics often named Matilda or Chauncey...
...most importantly, by bringing charges of racism down to the level of petty political squabbles, the cartoon not only degrades all of us who seek to eradicate racism and intolerance, but also makes it that much harder for society to deal with the very real problems that such archaic attitudes present. Bigotry is a problem that is hard enough to address without having someone throw partisan politlcal baggage into the equation. Calling someone a "racist" because he has a different position on affirmative action (or South African divestment) is as unproductive and as intellectually stifling as calling him a "communist...