But such a treatment may be hard to develop because the DREAM gene works deep inside cells.

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In an informal poll of my own 20-something male friends, most said staying at home while the wife works would be a dream scenario (eyes glazed with visions of Xbox).

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Once set up, however, and it works like an absolute dream -- just pair your device to its ad-hoc WiFi network (which kicks in once you've taken your first picture) and images are pushed over in a staggeringly short amount of time.

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Then there's the dream factory of aviation geeks: Skunk Works.

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Realise the Dream is a joint project in which the National Commission works in cooperation with the Royal Society of NZ, Dairy NZ and Genesis Energy.

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The novel works on you as unshakably as a bad dream, but such creeping fears descend on the film only with the arrival of Bill Sikes (Jamie Foreman) and Nancy (Leanne Rowe).

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