The rulers of Britain may have embarked on an aggressive campaign of modernization -- what with the Millennium Dome, the transformation of the House of Lords and all that throbbing techno music -- but a segment of the entertainment industry remains stubbornly wedded to ancient notions of the British character.
Much of what gets registered as "modernization and development" by governments and institutions like the World Bank looks very different to local peasants and local activists, journalists and scholars.
At the periphery of the China-Vietnam border, Vietnamese women join in these modernization projects and share local discourses in terms of what constitutes personal success based on a number of facilitating factors.
"The crux of what's happening right now for folks like me that would like to support the Start treaty is really ensuring that we have an appropriate and thoughtful modernization program".
Mr. Wen's charm offensive is part of what some Asian diplomats are calling China's decision to take a "strategic pause" abroad while it concentrates on rapid domestic growth and modernization.
Georges Auguste Escoffier is commonly acknowledged as the central figure to the modernization of haute cuisine and organizing what would become the national cuisine of France.
In 2003, Sukhoi embarked on a second modernization of the Su-27 to produce what the company calls a 4++ generation fighter that would bridge the gap between legacy fighters and the upcoming fifth generation Sukhoi PAK FA.
Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut When President Obama "talks about financial services regulatory modernization, I think what he said is something that I'm very energized about being involved in," Feb. 24, 2009.
What with new cars & the modernization of the present ones, the road will have practically replaced the fleet in the next five years.
