Kertzer, the provost of Brown University and the author of several books on Italian history, keeps in the background of his courtroom drama the class tensions between the unbowed nobility, the ascendant professionals and the radicalized poor in a modernizing post-Risorgimento Italy.
So it doesn't look like Mr. O'Brien is setting a trend; by seeking out the aid and comfort of a sidekick, he isn't modernizing the post-Leno "Tonight Show," he is returning to a happier, friendlier "Tonight" era when a host like Mr. Carson had no competition on other networks, or his own.
Under Mr. Reichstul's tenure, Petrobrás modernized and posted record profits but was also responsible for a series of major oil spills and an explosion that lead to the sinking of the world's largest offshore oil platform.
But as Panama City grew and modernized in the post-World War II era, Colón's luster wore off.
But to underestimate it would be a mistake: The goal of developing, modernizing and integrating the southern Mediterranean countries is not a "post-colonial" mirage but a priority for Europe.
"The most interesting and troubling thing about this is that it may very well be the ultimate block on modernizing workplace standards," Celine McNicholas, labor counsel for the Economic Policy Institute, recently told The Huffington Post. .
In elevating Perriello and McGuinness to top posts, the organization is signaling a further commitment to expanding and modernizing these operations.
The first Russia is modernizing.
They are modernizing anyway".
CONS: The house needs modernizing.
Portugal began modernizing its grid a decade ago.
