11.   And as it grew, it matured into an honest-yet-subtle look at the intersection of African-Americans and Caucasians in contemporary urban life.

12.   And pop culture has pushed classical music to the margins of contemporary life.

13.   And there is no reason to ignore the excitement of contemporary life outside the dance studio.

14.   Anderson uses her knowledge of computers to comment on the dehumanization of contemporary life.

15.   At her Mexico City apartment, also decorated with textiles, she enthusiastically shows samples of the weavings Oaxacan women still create to document history and contemporary life.

16.   At the same time, they transform his comical midlife crisis into a hard-edged satire of contemporary life.

17.   Boomers may also turn to alternative therapies because they feel overwhelmed by the onrush of technology and the hectic pace of contemporary life, according to Harris.

18.   A collection of stories about characters who reject the bland conformity of contemporary life.

19.   But at the same time, few filmmakers or novelists have so acutely parsed the deep logic of contemporary life.

20.   But in contemporary American life, even less ardent assertions of superior taste are accompanied by a feeling of shame.