Word: dreamed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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PAPER LION, by George Plimpton. The author makes his personal dream come true for the reader too; his account of playing as a temporary member of the Detroit Lions pro football club puts every fan on the bench right behind the coaches...
...Those of us who believe that adaptation of the federal concept at the world level is the way to secure peace do not appreciate your statement in "Regional Groupings: Islands of Hope" [Feb. 3] that "the dream of global union among all nations is as remote and Utopian as ever." We think it is ultimately practical and not Utopian to think of giving a restructured U.N. some appropriate muscle to do its assigned task. We recognize that it would be foolhardy to transfer power to the General Assembly as now constituted, but this should not keep us from researching...
...Harvard SDS representative claimed that SDS and SNCC have a greater influence on the Party than the Communists have on them. "We wouldn't dream of asking the Communists to leave SDS," he continued, "because we feel it is important for our membership to come in contact with Communists and learn that they aren't devils." The neurotic American phobia of Communism must be overcome, he continued. It is equally important, he said, that our membership learn to formulate their own ideology, distinct from the Communist ideology...
...Dream of Kings, Petrakis...
...report, said they, had raised, as indeed it had, the explosive question of preferential treatment, "a solution far afield from the American dream...