Enormous amounts of New Deal funding enabled the city to complete vast construction and other projects; the Tammany Tiger was caged, the government was centralized and modernized, and the subway system was completed and unified.
He modernized the Austrian army during the first decade of the 19th century, making it a formidable fighting force that contributed materially to Napoleon's defeat in 1813 15.
To cope with the increasing traffic, Guangzhou's Baiyun airport has been enlarged and modernized.
Other long-standing activities, notably food processing, have been strengthened and modernized.
He appointed the first minister of education in Quebec; the school system and the civil service were modernized; and clerical influence was reduced.
Because the German Civil Code of 1896 came almost 100 years later than the civil code of France, its drafters profited from the intensive efforts of German scholars who had systematized, clarified, and modernized the law during the 19th century.
Although much of the surrounding metropolis has since been modernized, the centre (Old Bern) still remains intact from that period.
Its steel industry was modernized after the October Revolution 19177), and the city is a metallurgical centre producing tinplate and quality steels.
Al-ʿAqabah's harbour, somewhat improved by the British in World War II, was greatly modernized under independent Jordan; deepwater facilities were opened in 1961.
As international tourism increased, Ellinikón Airport, south of the city, was expanded and modernized.
The mosque was modernized and enlarged several times in the 20th century.
