Word: archaicisms
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...estate, named “Badminton,” where poona was being played. Needless to say, the guests adored the new game and several monocles were shattered in bewildered amusement at the flying “battledore,” which is a silly, suggestive and archaic name for the shuttlecock...
...apparent. Lang’s Marxian depiction of capitalism and industrialism gone awry prophetically predicts many of the problems that plagued the twentieth century. Some dislike what they see as an oversimplification of capitalism, and accuse Lang of being politically antiquated. Perhaps his economic stance in Metropolis is somewhat archaic to the modern viewer. Nonetheless, the memorable sequences of frenzied mob terror, the twisted contortions of the robotic Maria as she incites the workers to revolt and the hallucinatory images of throbbing machines, make Metropolis stand out as an example of brilliant filmmaking...
...apparent. Lang’s Marxian depiction of capitalism and industrialism gone awry prophetically predicts many of the problems that plagued the twentieth century. Some dislike what they see as an oversimplification of capitalism, and accuse Lang of being politically antiquated. Perhaps his economic stance in Metropolis is somewhat archaic to the modern viewer. Nonetheless, the memorable sequences of frenzied mob terror, the twisted contortions of the robotic Maria as she incites the workers to revolt and the hallucinatory images of throbbing machines, make Metropolis stand out as an example of brilliant filmmaking...
Dean of Undergraduate Education Susan G. Pedersen ’81-’82 proposed the change by arguing that honors in general studies was an archaic remnant left over from the days when concentrations were not as central to the undergraduate experience. But though the way students achieve honors has changed, honors in general studies is still a useful and necessary way to reward those who may complete outstanding work that, while while not satisfying the honors requirements for a typical concentration, is just as worthy of praise...
...archaic teaching nowadays, and as kid who liked to share a beer with schoolmates who weren't bound by Mormon doctrine, I found it hard to follow. Still, it was something to shoot for, and by trying I probably moved an inch closer to future godhood than I would have had it not existed. Hey, a lot of Olympians fall short too. It's the attempt that matters, though. The struggle. One hopes that this struggle hasn't been abandoned yet - that deep inside all of our temples, that light still shines...