1. Russell Means brings nothing of his activist experience to the role of Chief Powhatan, sounding like a huffy old relic of Disney animations past. 2. The five I ate in during the last week are not musty old relics serving tired food in smoke-scarred rooms. 3. The survival of old styles, which are cherished not as creaky old relics but as sure things, is a homegrown musical miracle. 4. Yet these days, far too many people dismiss jazz as some dusty old relic, the scratchy soundtrack of long forgotten years. 5. National unity cannot be protected like an old relic that is believed to have a supernatural effect. |