Word: modern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shots of Peking show the ignorant Americans the charm and history that the city holds as well as its seamier side. Lili and her friend bike down tree-covered boulevards, somehow always managing to stay a bit ahead of the more modern buses behind them...
...election day. Perhaps this grassroots plan made a virtue of necessity, given the scarcity of wealthy patrons for Gallagher, who is an active member of the Democratic Socialists of America. Still, the candidate's refusal to hide behind prepared statements and overprotective staffers reflected an enthusiasm rare in modern technocratic politics...
Zariski spent his life applying the principles of modern algebra to the study of algebraic geometry, which enables mathematicians to describe the properties of a set of points in any number of dimensions with algebraic equations...
Fanger adds that she keeps abreast of the latest styles in professional dance and attempts to have the classes mirror those trends. "I try to keep current with what the interests are in the dance world at large--post-modernism has become a great cry," she says. Accordingly, the Center has begun offering classes with post-modernist teachers and has sponsored an exhibit in post-modern dance which is presently showing at Widener Library...
...yacht. Now there is Maxim's the luxury hotel, or, more properly, La Residence Maxim's. This latest addition to the Pierre Cardin collection boasts 39 suites, ranging in price from $1,000 to $5,000 a night and in style from belle epoque antiques to chrome-and-plastic modern. Cardin bought the mansion that was to become La Residence 18 months ago; it will open in early July...