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Capitalism needs to be modernised to serve the long-term interests of society rather than the short-term greed of a privileged few.

It is hard to see how the economy could be modernised without abruptly destroying the state's paternalistic ruling mythology.

If India has modernised itself politically it may be inspired to undertake economic modernisation as well.

As China has opened up and modernised, it has struggled to contain the inward flow of Western culture and language.

I was a single mother, what's more, Britain was a modernised country. You can imagine how poor I was to any extent as you like.

The modernised and renovated card is cost efficient and is an economically sensible alternative for spinning mills.

This has resulted in a modernised version of the JJ-7, with a relatively low unit price and modestly improved performance.

Over time, many farming techniques have been modernised: chemical fertilisers are now used and electric pumps are used in irrigation.

FRANCISCO GRANADOS, a conservative Spanish politician, works in a tastefully modernised palace.

Yet if it is modernised in the right way, a new constitution could help to bolster Turkey's EU credentials.

He also promised "a Britain that stands tall in the world" , educational opportunity for all and a modernised welfare state.

Ms Oswald translates Homer's similes literally, but paraphrases the rest, creating a modernised version that delights in the unexpected.

The conventional planting model of small-sized plantations cannot match modernised mechanisation management.

The port is being modernised and unclogged, partly by increasing the cost of storing containers.

To preserve its mainframe business, IBM has regularly modernised its line-up of machines, lowering prices and improving performance.

But the citizens of Brighton do not want things too much tidied up or modernised.

But a modernised Confucianism is a potential threat because it is, after all, a more genuinely indigenous product than Marxism-Leninism.

A lovely little hotel with spotlessly clean rooms and bathrooms (recently modernised) - good mattress and bed linen.

The port is being modernised andunclogged, partly by increasing the cost of storing containers.

It changed the low liability limits and modernised and clarified other aspects of the international airline accident liability system.

Even modernised sites pose huge risks: a cyanide spill at a gold-extraction plant in Baia Mare in Romania poisoned the Tisza river in 2000.

In the past decade its firms have modernised and their workers have accepted miserly pay rises, boosting their competitiveness.

When the Islamic world is finally modernised, Europe can go back to being a giant Switzerland again.

India's modernised military has seen it acquire a "power projection" far beyond its shores.

A modernised design on the packaging will be instantly recognisable to loyal customers.

She led the way through an open French window, modernised a few years before, into the library, and thence to the hall.

A Soviet era water tower and been modernised and all emergency fire ponds kept full.

Modernised, urbanised and alienated as many of us are, photographs remind us of nature's many complexities and subtleties.

Compared to previous replenishment, the Qiandaohu class is larger and more modernised.

From Stockholm to Singapore, they have modernised and expanded.

The packaging outer case has also been modernised.

In 1937, T-35 was modernised. Its gearbox, side clutches, electrical equipment, the drive shaft, and the oil tank were improved.

The logo and typeface have also been modernised.

As a result, we modernised ourselves into this ice age.

To make the quotations easier to read I have modernised the punctuation in some places.

Avon has also modernised the way it does business, for example by creating platforms for sales representatives to sell products online.

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