Beautiful, historic cities like Kiev, Odessa and Lviv have seen modernization, restoration and fresh cultural energy, but are still cheap, laid-back and largely free of tourist traps.
The 20th century has seen a modernization of mycology that has come from advances in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and biotechnology.
Mr. Yu believes that China will continue to plod along at 3%to4%4% growth and says "that's natural for an economy like ours that has seen such intense modernization and expansion for the last 30 years.
The test comes at a time where the world has seen escalating tensions between nuclear-armed states, fueled by hostile rhetoric and expensive modernization programs.
And if my reading of the tea leaves is correct, what the Army has seen the Russians doing in eastern Ukraine has got it pretty spooked about Russia's military modernization and current capabilities.
After Galván and Pagés, I thought I had seen everything in the way of flamenco modernization, but I hadn't.
Having seen so many wondrous parts of Italy ruined by modernization, Pasolini worried that long-cloistered Sana, then just opening to the world, would be destroyed by those same forces.
Triumphantly summarizing his tenure as national leader, Mr. Jiang said the last 13 years have seen "a magnificent upsurge of China's reform, opening up and modernization".
If we look back on financial modernization it becomes readily apparent that what we've seen so far is more complex than both sides claim.
Ultimately, we want to see modernization of Medicare, with reforms to guarantee its long-term solvency".
