Since the beginning, something we have always held dear was the power of daring to dream.

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Gen LaGreca is the author of the award-winning medical thriller, Noble Vision, and of the forthcoming historical novel, A Dream of Daring, which explores the great power struggle and clashing visions for the future in mid-19th century America.

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The Bush administration now faces greater hurdles in selling controversial initiatives, such as its new energy plan, which in part calls for increased oil drilling and greater use of nuclear power, and the president's dream of a national missile defense shield.

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Nationwide, the rebirth of nuclear power will keep pushing forward, and breakthroughs in solar cells will bring the environmentalists' dream of solar panels on every roof a bit closer to reality.

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Much work is left to get the proteins producing the kind of silicon or titanium dioxides that could run a computer or power your house, but the dream is to have synthetic creations that organically produce what would normally need a mining expedition -- imagine something akin to the glass-like Venus' Flower Basket sponge (pictured above) sitting in an Intel factory.

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The experience on the Carnival Dream became something of a nightmare for passengers Wednesday when power went off, toilets stopped working, and no one was allowed to leave -- despite the fact that the ship was docked at Philipsburg, St.

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Governments in Europe and other parts of the world could only dream of these levels of support after 14 years in power.

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Such curve-based modelling has been a dream of games designers for years, but the mathematics behind the curves, and the processor power they demand, are daunting.

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