Word: archaicisms
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...rest is more ordinary. Rigg is wonderful in quiet moments but awkward in striving for the unchained melodrama that Zoe Caldwell achieved in a 1982 revival. The balance of the cast, also from London, is workmanlike, save for Nuala Willis, whose keening songs redeem that most archaic of theatrical ploys, the chorus. The set, a vast wall of rusted metal panels that bang like thunder and tumble away at key moments, is effective but excessive, a tacit confession of shaky faith in the power of the play's words. That doubt is foolish. Medea is the greatest role ever written...
...court based its decision on the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, which, it said, protects potential jurors from unfair discrimination. Condoning race and gender-based peremptory challenges, it determined, risks perpetuating "invidious, archaic and overbroad stereotypes about the relative abilities" of the different genders and races...
...sociable specimen of the yuppie breed, you spend many of your Saturdays and much of your spare income suiting yourself up for friends' % weddings. Charles (Hugh Grant), a 32-year-old Londoner, has made a second career out of being a supporting player in these archaic rituals. For him it's like attending a rugby match without having to get muddy. Until, that is, he meets Carrie (Andie MacDowell), a pretty American. The movie being a nostalgia piece -- remember the '80s? -- the two have sex, then love, then a marriage. But not to each other. That's why this...
...reservations had to do with what she perceived as the "archaic" nature of the event...
...rather archaic ring," says Gottschalk, adding that he is not familiar with the particular study. "They didn't know a lot about radiation. There are still some things we don't know but we know a lot more...