Sentences with phrase «thoroughly modern cities»

Far from the rugged Texas ranch image, Plano and Irving are thoroughly modern cities perhaps best known as a headquarters hub: companies like Frito - Lay, J.C. Penney, Pizza Hut, Capital One, Toyota North America, and Cinemark Theaters all call Plano or Irving home.

Philadelphia is a thoroughly modern city, yet it still retains a sense of its old - school charm.

It is a thoroughly modern city, with English as the first language and great public transportation, making it easy to explore.

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Unlike cities of the modern West, the Greco — Roman city was as much a religious as a political organization, and citizens were expected to participate in thoroughly religious civic festivals, which included sacrifices to the gods and goddesses who served as protectors of the city, whether Athena in Athens, or Artemis in Ephesus.

While the London brewery is helping lead the city's craft beer revolution with its thoroughly modern, hopped - up pale ales, it looked to a recipe from 1890 for this obsidian stout.

As in the play Thoroughly Modern Millie, millions of young women left the safety and security of rural, small - town life and went to live an independent life in the big city.

Sipping a to - go herbal tea in the back of a hotel bar not far from the Fox studio lot in Century City, Sarah Paulson is blond, smiling and thoroughly modern.

«It's a thoroughly modern romantic comedy and an impressive visual showcase for the youthful, vibrant city that Dublin has become,» he said.

The Danube flows majestically through this thoroughly modern capital city of Hungary.

San Juan is a cosmopolitan and thoroughly modern commercial center, but also a city with a long and storied history dating back to the days of Spanish treasure galleons and the real pirates of the Caribbean.

A short drive west of the city, yet far enough to feel thoroughly removed, this modern inn incorporates large glass windows to connect guests to the... Read More

Ancient monasteries and exquisite temples dot remote hillsides, whilst thrilling cities such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Saigon spectacularly combine their historic and cultural heritages with thoroughly modern attractions and facilities.

It's other major cities, such as Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg, are thoroughly modern and multi cultural.

While Limerick is one of Ireland's oldest cities, the Strand Hotel is a thoroughly modern hotel.

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced Wednesday that a thoroughly transformed SFMOMA will open to the public on Saturday, May 14, 2016, offering nearly three times the previous exhibition space, featuring 260 works from the Fisher Collection, a first showing of more than 600 artworks promised to the museum, the debut of the new Pritzker Center for Photography and an outward - looking architectural design that weaves the museum into the city as never before.

She has won numerous awards for her work, and is thoroughly represented in major museum collections in the United States and abroad, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Tate Gallery.