Katrina soon tired of classical ballet, and decided to try a modern dance course at the academy.
The modern family generally consists of two working parents.
The computer facility at the university features the most modern equipment available.
Do you think that people in
modern society have more stress than our ancestors did?
So much of modern art these days seems to be negative and ugly to me.
Bart is an unusual little boy; he hates modern music, and loves classical opera.
Modernization has been associated with a decline in the status
of the elderly.
Japan has embarked on a program to modernize its education system.
Norman Augustine once said that one of the most feared expressions in modern times is "The computer is down."
Surprisingly, the brain of Neanderthal man was actually bigger than that of modern
man!
Sukiyaki is referred to as the "friendship dish" in modern Japan because of its appeal to non-Japanese people.
The modern diet contains so many preservatives that dead bodies now take much longer to decay.
The modern flush toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper in 1878.
Tibet has been closed to the world for most of its modern history.
The city of Teheran underwent extensive modernization during the twentieth century.
Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, has a mixture of Arabic, colonial and modern buildings.
Turkmenistan is looking for foreign investors to help modernize its industries.
The African nation of Lesotho has been described as an often-surprising combination of rapidly developing modernity, and ancient culture.
In 1845, naturalist Henry David Thoreau retreated to a cabin in the woods outside of Concord, Massachusetts to avoid the waste and destruction of modern life.
In the early 1900s, the use of trains revolutionized supply methods for modern armies.