Word: modernize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ezera added that the subcommittee also proposed a course on the Middle East, tentatively titled "Modern Middle East Civilization: Problems and Perspectives...
This is a newer, more modern Holmes, a man not afraid to show his emotions, a man with nerves and real red blood, just like the rest of us. The idea is not entirely a bad one. Who among us has never wished the sleuth would experience just a little uncertainty, display a tiny bit of insecurity, or even just once show a little warmth toward dear, chubby old Watson? It's the execution here that is overdrawn. This Holmes at one point looks at the unsuspecting Watson with a gaze so rich in emotion and so reminiscent of Captain...
...Republic of South Africa is a country where a white minority lives in health and comfort, reaping the fruits of a richlyendowed, modern industrial economy. It is also a country where black children are so malnourished, susceptible to disease, and deprived of medical care that, according to United Nations estimates, half of them die before reaching...
...Knowles became the youngest general director of MGH, where he began some structural changes to eliminate what he called "the cattle-car concept of medicine." He replaced long wooden benches in the hospital's emergency ward and outpatient department with comfortable modern chairs and remodeled stark waiting rooms...
...foremost contribution of Mingus as musical thinker is surely his imaginative rethinking of traditional ideas. He gave modern jazz what it needed most--a link to its own past. The music on Me Myself An Eye expresses Mingus's interest and sympathetic understanding of the sources of black American music. The blues, gospel, church music, the spiritual ballad--these are the wellsprings of Mingus's musical heritage, and all are represented here. Side One is "Three Worlds of Drums," a 30-minute suite in which Mingus uses black music's most elemental instrument as a figure for the history...