Word: modernizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alone. At one time or another, all of us want to escape to some haven, away from our lives and our commitments. Modern society, for all its material pleasures, is too often without social support. Communities must be small if they are to flourish, but "bigger is better"--not "small is beautiful"--is the modern credo...
...Modern computers are usually "the exact antithesis" of the human bram, says Etzioni, who works in conjunction with Hewitt. While the brain works relatively slowly yet can do several things simultaneously, the computer runs quickly but can handle only one thing at a time...
Since their inception in 1960, the debates have grown to epitomize the excesses and shortcomings of modern presidential electioneering. The term "debate" itself has become a misnomer. A panel of interrogators ostensibly steers the discussion, but in practice, their questions serve as little more than cues for the candidates to launch into carefully rehearsed speeches and scripted snippets of humor...
...NEWLY RELEASED film about the life of the Virgin Mary, Hail Mary, which portrays her as a modern-day gas station attendant and shows her nude, was originally to be shown by the Sack cinema chain. However, under intense pressure and scattered threats of violence from religious protesters after the movie was denounced by the Pope and other Catholic officials, Sack, which owns most of the major theaters in the Boston area, dropped the film. Sack owner A. Alan Friedberg's decision was cowardly. Friedberg expressed compassion for the sentiment of offended Catholics, fear for the safety of audiences...
Public service is not the answer to yuppiedom, Reagan or modern angst and alienation. Nor is it enough to go out and do good deeds without thought to the larger issues at hand. But then again, it is never enough...