She didn't so much modernize the potato chips as take what she calls a classic French "snacky sweet" — fried dough called bugnes (a k a merveilles) — and turn it into a savory potato cracker, fried, of course, in olive oil.
Hutton did much to modernize sabre technique in England.
He relaxed political controls and did much to modernize the country, instituting many economic and social reforms.
Even the Workers Party, which I helped found and which has contributed so much to modernize and democratize politics in Brazil, needs profound renewal.
"Korea is an incredibly dynamic country, but that dynamic approach has been very much toward modernizing industries and exports; really about driving economic growth," explained Lothar R. Pehl, regional vice president for Starwood in Japan, Korea and Guam.
"This reform is as much about modernizing our immigration system as it is about creating jobs," he explained.
He is also one of archaeology's most controversial figures, winning praise from foreign archaeologists, who say he has done much to modernize an antiquated system, as well as scorn from those who say he claims credit for others' discoveries.
He was recognized as a good tactician and strategist, who did much to modernize the Polish Army.
This is not to speak of budget cutting effects on financial regulation, or to control environmental pollution, or to replace aging infrastructure, much less modernize industry.
The housing improvement schemes of the 1980s modernized much of the housing stock, and new projects mushroomed through 1990, a year in which nearly 70,000 units were built.
