Word: archaicisms
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...language sounds archaic, it matches the spirit of the law; such suits date back at least to 18th century common law, when wives were viewed as property, and stealing a wife was akin to cattle rustling. In this century, as women gained greater legal and financial independence, most states threw out their alienation of affection statutes; in only a few conservative states--including Missouri, Mississippi, North and South Carolina--have there been successful suits in recent years, and no verdict within memory anywhere close to last week's $1 million award. After a seven-day trial, the jury deliberated...
...dirty and archaic as it may seem in an age of microchips and gene maps, coal has a curiously upbeat future. Not so the union men who mine it. Deregulation in the electric-utilities industry generally favors the cheapest means of making power, and on average, that is still coal. But deregulation also means the arrival of cost cutting as religion, the stern faith that has propelled the U.S. economy to its current world-beating performance. The strongest economy in the world is as strong as it has ever been. But as the brutal tale of the Potomac mines illustrates...
...former enlisted member of the Air Force, I find the Flinn case highly disturbing. Would I recommend enlisting or accepting a commission in the Air Force to my son or daughter? Absolutely not! Any branch of the armed forces that enforces such ineffective, archaic rules of military justice deserves to lose its best and brightest. LEAH R. JONES Bellevue...
...additional concern has been the value of general exams, which some individuals now regard as archaic...
...encouraging to see the College taking a hard line against the final clubs, an archaic cluster of organizations whose divisive impact poisons Harvard's social atmosphere. One of the most notable charges leveled in Epps' letter--that the College has been approached by women alleging sexual harassment--is as serious as it is unsurprising. The discriminatory ethos of the clubs, along with their exclusivity, conspire to create an environment which imbalances the relationship between male "hosts" and female "visitors...