This was also true of other neighboring societies that have since successfully modernized, such as Nepal, Ladakh, Sikkim, and Bhutan.
It also pledges a halt to U.S. efforts to modernize such weapons, as had been proposed by then-President George W. Bush in his call for new nuclear "bunker busters".
When this caraway-flavored spirit is put in the hands of Michel Roux, the liquor importer who made Absolut vodka a best seller and who modernized such drinks as peach liqueur and absinthe.
Telegraph (1852) and telephone (1882) connected Riga's citizens to the world, and modernizing infrastructure, such as gasworks (1862) and a centralized electrical supply (1905), improved the quality of life for Rigans.
Ford's breakthrough was a system of mass production that drew on existing technologies and America's rapidly modernizing infrastructure, such as roads, as well as access to gasoline.
In 'emerging market' modernizing countries such as India, obesogenic food products interact with metabolic adaptations to chronic malnutrition to produce a high prevalence of obesity that can approach 50% in urban populations (Pandey et al., 2011).
And to fully modernize infrastructure such as roads, bridges and dams, the federal government would need to invest $3.3 trillion in projects within the next decade, according to a report the American Society of Civil Engineers published last week.
Lipsky touches on some recent, controversial attempts at modernizing the academy — such as a ban on hazing and the promotion of "consideration of others" (which in the context of the Army could, in an "extreme instance," mean jumping on a grenade to save the lives of your fellow-soldiers) — but he is more effective as a chronicler of personality than of politics.
Many more will soon benefit as health care is modernized through innovations such as electronic health records, which have been spurred on by recent federal incentives.
There has been talk of modernizing the house as well.
