Word: modernizing
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...according to Kevin M. Elias '03, who describes his beliefs as an "eclectic mix of traditional and modern" Judaism, Hillel is run satisfactorily...
...being transformed by Russia. Putin can cut Berezovsky down to size. He can jail oligarchs, scare governors and level Chechen villages. But actually transforming Russia will take more than just political will and cunning. It will also require the kind of good fortune and luck that no modern Russian leader has yet possessed...
...wooden ship will indeed get an occasional hand from satellites--as well as from twin diesel engines and onboard radios. Yet for all these nods to the modern era, the 129-ft., twin-masted boat is a decidedly vintage vessel, and one with a decidedly historic name: Amistad...
...down when the remaining crew secretly steered the boat to Montauk, N.Y., and the Africans were taken into custody. They eventually went free when the U.S. Supreme Court declared their enslavement illegal. More than a century and a half later, director Steven Spielberg told the tale on film--modern America's equivalent of a marble monument to the event...
...Happily, modern technology and the family-fueled marketplace are presenting some solutions. Parents looking for child care should start by calling Childcare Aware (800-424-2246), a federally funded national day-care-referral service. Childcare Aware callers are referred to local agencies that deal with licensed child-care providers. I called, giving several locations, and got helpful advice each time--about qualified child-care providers, before-and after-school programs and financial assistance options...