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"I think he's walked the line, which is a very narrow line between modernity and kind of absurdity extremely well," he says of Prince William.

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“They illustrate jazz modernity as a fusion of time, people, and place,” Mr. Gennari says of these images, perhaps inadvertently making the case for a glossy, large-format edition of his book.

Men’s ability to adapt to modernity is being stymied by propagandists and grifters, who persuade men to adopt anti-social behavior, because doing so is incredibly profitable.

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Famed for its farming, cheeses and wine, this hilly, rural countryside feels cut off from modernity: an agrarian past perfectly preserved in an uncertain present.

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“Most of the album is sort of about me being a bit of a Diogenes about the ills of modernity while still celebrating them.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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