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Now we come forward to 2020 and it seems almost weird or quaint to believe that anyone could be controlling industry other than shareholders and investors.

In the face of a new enemy, al-Qaeda, the administration argued that the requirements for decent treatment of wartime detainees outlined in the Geneva Conventions had been rendered “quaint.”

That contemporary art might be a dubious realm populated by frauds and charlatans seems quaint today, but once upon a time it was a standard assumption.

When they arrive at work in the Country Mart, its to a quaint shopping center hushed by the absence of visitors.

Yet the glow once cast by our quaint accents, historic buildings and rustic pubs seems to be fading fast.