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Instead, it was the American Dream that was about to dim. Bookended by 9/11 at the start and a financial wipeout at the end, the first 10 years of this century will very likely go down as the most dispiriting and disillusioning decade Americans have lived through in the post-World War II era. We're still weeks away from the end of '09, but it's not too early to pass judgment. Call it the Decade from Hell, or the Reckoning, or the Decade of Broken Dreams, or the Lost Decade. Call it whatever you want - just give thanks...
...chose the Ares I rocket not only because it's a marvel of engineering but also for a symbolic reason: it's a link between a horrific past (the V-2 rocket used by Germany during World War II) and an optimistic future, in which we reclaim the dream of traveling to other planets...
Though the majority of the queries the UMRP receives are admissions questions from prospective students and their parents, they also get their share of surprising calls. These range from parents wanting to know how to get their 7-year-old admitted to people in their seventies who dream of getting a degree from Harvard...
...always had a dream of applying to Harvard, but seeing someone from my own high school and my hometown do it motivated me to think I could do it too,” she says...
...stars common in the adult version of Eurovision. This year's delegate handbook discouraged children from revealing their midriffs or wearing "mini-skirts or netted tights." And most national selection contests now require applicants and their parents to undergo psychological screening to make sure performing is the child's dream - and not the parents'. (Read: "Eurovision in Russia: Politics and Pop Music...