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The Ariaú Amazon Towers, opened in 1987 and recently expanded and modernized, is a two-hour boat ride northwest of Manaus.

But the country's shaky infrastructure, while being modernized, is perhaps symbolized by Tbilisi's beautiful Old Town, where balconies crumbling from neglect and a 2002 earthquake jut precariously over the narrow streets.

Also expanded and modernized was the airport at Portela de Sacavém, some 6 miles (10 km) northeast of the city centre, which offers flights to Europe, the Americas, and Africa.

To modernize is to take everything, the bad with the good, and not to modernize is to play no part in the life of contemporary humanity.

To modernize is not to make a brand-new thing; it's to bring an old thing up to date.

The move to modernize is also part of a larger trend, one that many cities, long known for their dusty ways, are embracing.

"But right now we have a serious crisis in the country, and to get states to modernize is in the workers' best interest".

But the point is: Greece's healthy instinct to modernize is in hand-to-hand combat with a powerful elite that prefers the old way of doing business.

They are right in the sense that modernizing is essentially about PR: Meghan gives the monarchy a more 21st-century look.

The desire to modernize was also evident in the social sphere.

In the 20th century, one way for flamenco to modernize was to reconnect with its distant roots.