Even with the economy improving, considering the staggering number of people who are out of work and those whose retirement plans have been decimated, buying a home may no longer be a part of the American dream, at least not in the near future.
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In the book I call it Secular Spiritualism, a construct based on peoples' attitudes about the American Dream and defined as those who believe that the American dream is measured in spiritual, not material, fulfillment.
"The steps that are necessary in order to stabilize the situation do not happen because people dream about them, but because at the end of the day people understand that there is simply no alternative, " he says.
The perseverance Mason has shown in pursuing his dream, even though he was not the starter, shows that when you put your mind to it, and are willing to compete even when you are doing what you would prefer doing, you can succeed.
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Kate Upton, the current dream girl of the brand, was stuck in Uruguay and not in attendance last night.
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But with Denmark producing some of the strongest liquorice in the world, her suggestion is perhaps further evidence that the Scandinavian dream might not make it to the British mainstream.
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In 2010, Congress debated but did not approve the Dream Act, which would have given legal status to some young immigrants who came to the US as children.
Being one of the most developing areas in the Chennai, the residential properties including luxury apartments, flats and dream homes are not so much costly as your estimation.
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No fall back plans will ever make up for you not getting to the point you want to get to in the dream job.
And the DREAM Act -- it was a terrible disappointment to him and, obviously, to a lot of people, that the DREAM Act, which passed the House and which won a majority in the Senate, was not able to become law late last year.
Most of the people in Mr Midler's position would not dream of disclosing what they see and many testing laboratories protect their reputation by hiding, rather than revealing, what they test.
That scenario may yet be a dream, but it will be possible in the not-too-distant future.
And above all, we're going to keep fighting to renew the American Dream and keep it alive -- not just in our time, but for all time.
Little kids generally dream of being the guy banging in the goals, not the one keeping them out.
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Their particular American dream ended not directly as a result of the economic downturn in the US, but rather as the result of a tightening of the regulations on undocumented workers there.
In 2008, Obama carried voters who did not believe they could achieve the American Dream by two-to-one, lost to John McCain those who did believe in the dream and still won the election.
So small crops of flavorful, fully ripe grapes--the winemaker's dream--this is not going to happen in a typical Chinese vineyard.
However, it is a kind of collective dream, or nightmare, a folk tale whose truth in not in the historicity or veracity but social reality.
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"It is remarkable that people use social networking websites to publish details about their lives, loves, jobs and hobbies to the entire world that they would not dream of sharing with a stranger in a bar, " he said.
"It is about a dream and an image and not a projection of someone that is instrumental in setting the stage, " she said.
His dream was to create a kind of hotel cum museum, not only showcasing antiques in the public spaces but also different collections in each room.
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Selecting this year's Ms. Internet may have only a limited effect to helping realize that dream (the high-tech one, not the taping of the television show in Hong Kong).
"Maybe the American dream does exist somewhere, but not where I'm from, " he said in a video interview.
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That type of depression did not happen, but our polling finds strong evidence of another kind of depression: a loss of faith in the American Dream.
We could choose not to make investments in clean energy or let tuition prices rise and force more Americans to give up on the American Dream.
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And with five games yet to be played in the qualifying series, an appearance at the 2006 World Cup finals is a dream that is not beyond Adebayor and his colleagues.
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For Linda Rabinovich of Baltimore, attending the Yoga Journal Conference in New York City earlier this month was a long-held dream but not one easy to realize.
For scientific and technical terms, indeed, it is surprising, given the speed of change in those vocabularies, that the spread is not greater: it must be easier to say magnetic resonance imaging than to dream up an equivalent in Tagalog or Persian.
Van der Sar saved well from Puyol as Barcelona dominated until the final whistle - and not even the most partisan Manchester United follower can doubt that Pep Guardiola deserved to round off a dream first season in charge by adding the Champions League to the La Liga title and the Spanish Cup.
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