For the better part of a century, this could be taken as a challenge to modernizing progress in art.
By 2050, 70percentt of the world's population will live in cities, creating huge challenges to modernizing infrastructure and services.
For Baccarat, whose longstanding history and extensive archives are invaluable resources for preserving the traditions of the house, the challenge is to modernize production while maintaining the luxury image conjured up by the name.
Since he returned to the Pentagon three years ago, Donald H. Rumsfeld has been one of the most activist secretaries of defense in a generation, challenging the uniformed brass to modernize the nation's military into a 21st century fighting force and leading the armed services through two major wars in 18 months.
With it came a challenge for Mr. Sartori: to modernize the clothes produced there from traditional to the ultra-trim silhouette he prefers.
But analysts say the C.H.P., instead of nursing its referendum defeat and doubts about the constitutional changes, should use the time between now and the elections next year to modernize Kemalism and challenge the A.K.P.
The challenge seemed to be how to modernize the style of a period which to some New Yorkers seemed as remote and exotic as Troy.
"The challenge for us is how to modernize Medicare from a medical, acute care model to a comprehensive health care model emphasizing successful and healthy aging through health promotion and risk factor reduction," said Jeffrey Kang, chief clinical officer with the Health Care Financing Administration, which oversees Medicare.
And just last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a challenge to developers and planners to modernize the MTA's notorious signal system, with $1 million as a cash prize.
"The A.K.P. challenges Kemalism, while the C.H.P. has yet to modernize Kemalism.
