These relationships have been updated and modernized in recent years, in keeping with the new circumstances of the 21st Century. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Believers find efforts to "modernize" shallow and patronizing. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Pardi: Religion Is Evolving Before Our Eyes] Reference
They haven't yet set up a working party to 'modernize' it; and probably they never will. From Wordnik.com. [Whispers Of Betrayal]
The new budget promises to "modernize" federal pay equity, but narrows women's legal options to pursue justice. From Wordnik.com. [while ignatieff-harper coalition sells out women, obama keeps his promise to working women] Reference
I love how strong the people's attachment is, but then I always cheer when attempts to "modernize" a culture fail. From Wordnik.com. [Merkins and Kotekas and Codpieces, Oh My!] Reference
The resources drained for these purposes could be used, Chinese officials argue, to develop and 'modernize' the country. From Wordnik.com. [Too Many People?] Reference
But the public option, he added, would force private insurers to "modernize," which seems to be his term for industrial policy. From Wordnik.com. [The End of Private Health Insurance] Reference
An article in the L.A. Times attributes a decline in international traffic at LAX to a supposed failure to "modernize" the facility. From Wordnik.com. [Economists? What Economists?] Reference
States can top off their increasingly depleted trust funds with stimulus money if they "modernize" their unemployment insurance systems. From Wordnik.com. [David Adkins: The Unemployment Extension Depends Just as Much on the States as on the White House] Reference
Any urges to "modernize" anything have been ignored. From Wordnik.com. [FlickFilosopher.com] Reference
Obama repeated a long-standing call to "modernize" regulations. From Wordnik.com. [Bearing Drift :: Virginia Politics On-Demand] Reference
The attempt to "modernize" the dollar bill is a waste of time anyway. From Wordnik.com. [A Whole Lotta Nothing] Reference
We don't qualify as low income -- yet -- but we can't afford to "modernize" the house. From Wordnik.com. [Two Babes and a Brain] Reference
It is just a waste of time to 'modernize' and 'improve' something that works acceptably. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Now, what "modernize" means is in the eye of the beholder, and there are a lot of different ideas out there. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Kos] Reference
When a new generation comes into a business, the impulse to "modernize" the operations may be hard to resist. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Eventually, government grants were provided in order to "modernize" hospitals, and then Medicare and Medicaid. From Wordnik.com. [Classical Values] Reference
Finally, critics claim that the Obama administration isn't doing enough to "modernize" the weapons it retains. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
There are other ways to "modernize" the nuclear weapons infrastructure and to upgrade or refurbish the warheads. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Kos] Reference
Still, industry pressures government to "modernize" laws to make it easier to develop in and near salmon habitat. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgia Straight - News And Views] Reference
The point, thus, is not, as Mehta seems to suggest, an alleged refusal on the part of most Muslims to 'modernize'. From Wordnik.com. [Countercurrents.org] Reference
Third Edition rewrote many of the basic constructs of the game in an effort to "modernize" the game and streamline some of D. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
And so, the heat is on as America's premier political police agency struggles to "modernize" their case file management system. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews] Reference
The committee is attempting to "modernize" the North Carolina tax code, which was written long before the advent of digital sales. From Wordnik.com. [DailyTech News Feed] Reference
With the Balkenende II cabinet the ruling class wanted to destroy the polder model and "modernize" the Netherlands at a faster pace. From Wordnik.com. [In Defence of Marxism] Reference
"modernize" federal pay equity, but narrows women's legal options to pursue justice. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
But to modernize we need to get rid of the old structure. From Wordnik.com. ['Pakistanis Know I Can Be Tough’] Reference
The government recognizes the need to modernize its education system. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: The Lure Of Tourism] Reference
Abdullah also knows he must modernize the country's moribund economy. From Wordnik.com. [The King Versus The Radicals] Reference
There is no way Africa will modernize if we go with these fragmented economies. From Wordnik.com. ['This Is A Real Renaissance'] Reference
I support the idea that spreading democracy will help modernize these countries. From Wordnik.com. [Question Time] Reference
He recently emphasized the point by announcing he would modernize his nuclear arsenal. From Wordnik.com. [PUTIN'S PRATFALL] Reference
"This is at least one way," she says, "that the crisis will modernize and sensitize us.". From Wordnik.com. [The End Of The Affair] Reference
The government's push to modernize the People's Liberation Army is driven primarily by one objective -- to intimidate Taiwan. From Wordnik.com. [Buying A Better Army] Reference
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