Keeping pace with contemporary theatrical values is not accomplished without criticism.
The idea of getting dressed all at once communicates a sense of the frenetic pace of contemporary life.
In truth, the busy traffic of "Tales of the City" may be more attuned to the pace of contemporary culture than the studied reflectiveness of "4000 Miles".
In Ethiopia major droughts are crippling herdsman who - used to adapting to changing conditions - are not able to keep up with the pace of contemporary climate change.
Can you recommend any books that offer a good sense of contemporary Australian politics?The pace of political change in Australia has been so rapid over the past eight months that authors and publishers have barely kept up.
In addition to questions like competitive balance in the major leagues and the lack of revenue sharing among teams, baseball faces a more fundamental issue: is it out of step with the hamster-treadmill pace of contemporary American life?
Fear of flying has become the archetypal modern phobia, the focal point of our discomforts about technology, about the pace of contemporary life, about ceding control to forces unseen and barely understood.
Prejudice and other deleterious factors must be opposed when shaping any canon, yet not (pace some contemporary theory) at the expense of connoisseurship and quality: tokens are not fully fledged currency, nor are quotas.
Large cities not devoted to a leisured life, or class, rarely include a walk that is exclusively a promenade because the pace of contemporary life set by the automobile, and the chance of being a victim of crime, detract from its original purpose as a place for strolling.
More and more, there seems to be an important correlation between Mr. Jacobs's physical appearance and his work, as he has pushed harder in recent seasons to create collections that reflect the pace of contemporary culture in ways that are extreme, exposed and cartoonish.
