Truth is, for all the life-saving miracles unfolding each day at modern hospitals--from cancer chemotherapy to heart bypass surgery--they are also filled with danger.
Researchers said the 165-million-year-old creature was distantly related to modern-day crocodiles.
The Ville Nouvelle -- modern Marrakesh -- is just outside the medina, and neighbourhoods like Gueliz and Hivernage are home to many chic restaurants and shops.
In order to understand the nature of this search--and to grasp its implications for modern Japan--it is necessary to look at some recent trends in Japanese historiography.
These include: eight sophisticated diesel submarines, advanced SU-30 fighter aircraft, modern air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons, supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles and as many as 350 short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.
The indulged offspring of the country's 200 million-strong middle class, they are a group for whom time and energy are used for emulating modern icons -- and deconstructing old ones.
Her complex character is reflected at home where ultra-modern brushed-metal decor overlooks a natural swimming pool brimming with pond life and the chicken run at the end of the garden.
Alternatively they could go to someone like Mr Zygmuntowicz, Mr Greiner or another well-established modern violin-maker and get a beautifully hand-crafted instrument specially made for them at a price they can afford.
"The city is getting more sophisticated, but people don't want to forget about its past, " says Stefan Sklaroff, who just opened a 10, 000-square-foot, two-level modern-furniture store called Cella Luxuria in a 19th-century brick building downtown.
Industry analyst Paul Nieuwenhuis said that while many customers bought luxury cars "by the meter" -- that is to say they care more about the image than the machine -- modern Rolls-Royce cars were exceptional vehicles.
Fueling the hype is the fact that "Avatar" is Cameron's first film since "Titanic" in 1997 -- the most successful film of modern times -- and a return to sci-fi for the "Aliens" and "Terminator" series director.
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The Ornithomimids - from the Latin for "bird mimics" - superficially resembled modern-day ostriches, with a toothless beak, large eyes and long legs, but they also had a long, thick tail.
Indeed, some hedge fund old-timers like Michael Steinhardt think that their modern-day counterparts are far too namby-pamby and are too ready to be content with single-digit annual performance.
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They crave the sense of connection, the inherently communal experience, of hearing real people breathe life into centuries-old compositions: the venerated composers, modern-day musicians and generations of music-lovers, all united in the expression of raw human emotion through art.
His mature writings on Shakespeare pay testimony to his continued ability to be deeply moved: over-intellectual modern-day critics should take a lesson from his capacity to write intelligently about emotion.
The suspects - a Russian, a Latvian and a Romanian - ran a "modern-day bank robbery ring, that required neither a gun or a mask", the prosecutors say.
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That said, it is striking that in the boom years before the crash of 2007-8, none of the big banks replaced their so-called legacy systems with new modern ones - which some would see as another example of how they did too little sensible long-term investment when the sun was shining, and are now struggling to mend their roofs in less clement weather.
The result is very modern, particularly toward the back of the home: The dining room opens to the midcentury-modern and Japanese-influenced wood-and-steel kitchen, where double-panel cabinet doors are made from laser-cut steel and feature an abstract design modeled after a historic map of the neighborhood.
AeroVironment (AV), the official home charging-dock provider for the Nissan LEAF and co-developer of the first modern-day electric vehicle, the GM Impact, will partner with Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) to design and build public and semi-private charging stations at convenient locations for electric vehicle owners, including high-rise buildings, resorts and rental car facilities.
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Controls are still imprecise and frustrating, the combat is improved but still muddy, and the plot is still hampered by a commitment to bizarre techno-mysticism and modern-day nonsense.
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And just as TRON: Legacy has come back to pop culture relevance after a long hibernation, Commodore 64 has been relaunched with the same classic look, but all-new, modern-day technology on the inside.
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Last year, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando designed the Stone Hill Center, a 32, 000-square-foot cement-and-glass space that is the area's first modern architectural icon -- and a seamless addition to the serene grounds.
It closed stores, cut costs and transformed the video rental chain into a modern-day Netflix-killer.
The MTV TJ position is a modern-day re-imagining of the pioneering MTV VJ.
Now, allow me to point out (as I always do) that I am not a fan of hyper-modern, hyper-creative cuisine.
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Modern-day right-handed crabs orient their prey with the shell pointing away from their body and the opening on the right-hand side.
Lawes, meanwhile, is the epitome of the athletic modern-day second-rower with a dynamic style that allows him to smash opponents in fearsome fashion.
Just some of the qualities possessed by the greatest modern-day midfielders - and attributes that could eventually enable Wilshere to join the same bracket.
Running a modern-day multi-national corporation is no easy task.
There are even a few craftsmen who can still fashion a pair of scissors the old way, bashing the molten steel and iron together entirely by hand, and a few of those techniques have been retained in some of the modern-day factory-made products.
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