An award-winning creative director sometimes holds the promise of a quick fix, but this can turn out to be a pipe dream.

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The simple arithmetic calculation does not have to be a pipe dream.

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To be sure, with intermediate-term munis earning 4% and Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) not doing so well, the 7% return may be a pipe dream.

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Might be a pipe dream.

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This turned out to be something of a pipe dream.

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The notion that entire communities and countries could be completely powered by renewable energy still seems like a pipe dream to many.

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At the moment, to be trusted more than Labour on health and education is a pipe-dream.

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