Word: ultramodernism
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...midst of a thriving renaissance. Mamoun's predecessor, Sheikh Mahmoud Chaltout, a leading scholar of the Koran who died in December, opened a school of commerce, made the study of English compulsory, revised the medieval law curriculum, established a separate college for girls. The government built an ultramodern "City of Islamic Missions" where Al Azhar's 3,600 foreign students, including six Americans, live in national dormitories with their own kitchens and common rooms...
GENERAL MOTORS' Futurama ride through the moon's mountains, a shadowy underwater world, a steaming jungle and an ultramodern city seems all too plausible in an age already deep into space, both inner and outer. What really stirs the imagination is the three dream cars in the lobby. Only models, they look as though they should be ready to roll, say, next year...
...Karachi last week, the gold-starred red flag of Communist China fluttered in the streets, even in front of the ultramodern U.S. embassy. Overhead were strung banners hailing "Chinese-Pakistani Friendship" and welcoming joyfully, if inaccurately, "Chaw...
Kenya, Africa's newest nation, has a primary school system that enrolls a generous 80% of eligible-age children, a secondary school bottleneck that drastically cuts down advancement, and a post-secondary system that further constricts the flow so that the country's ultramodern, $11 million Royal College is left scandalously underpopulated...
Untapped Spring. Perrier's thirst is not yet satisfied. It is now building ultramodern bottling plants to turn out even more mineral water: one at Thonon on Lake Geneva and the other at Montigny-le-Bretonneux, 15 miles from Paris, where a subterranean spring is almost directly beneath the plant...