Mirage in the desert or city of the future, the pull of Dubai is real.

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Or, when we meet again at this Forum in one year or five years or ten, will we have seen the prospects for reform fade and remember this moment as just a mirage in the desert?

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Meanwhile, "social" television has emerged as the ultimate mirage in the Nevada desert.

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