Modern American life is full of worry: the job, the kids, money, the stock market.

现代美国生活充满了忧虑：工作、孩子、金钱、股市。

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AFTER the worst slump in modern memory, American factories are showing signs of life.

经历过现代社会最严重的衰退之后，美国的工厂正逐渐复苏。

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But when Jackson Pollock was featured on the cover of Life magazine with his free-spirited swirls, American modern art became the gold standard.

但当杰克逊·波洛克(Jackson Pollock)及其自由奔放的漩涡登上了《生活》杂志的封面之时，美国现代艺术最终成为了绝对标准。

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Arthur Miller's criticisms of modern American life influenced another of his most important works.

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Rising and falling and attempting to rise again is the cardiac cycle of modern American life.

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They focus on nurturing people, families in particular, who are ill at ease with modern American life.

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"George Bellows (1882-1925): Modern American Life, " which opens Saturday at London's Royal Academy, is the first-ever British exhibition of this major 20th-century painter.

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