Word: dreaming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Meyer said the referendum would give poor people a shot at the "American dream" by offering them the opportunity to buy a home...
What a wonderful word, Europhoria. Western Europe seems to have rediscovered the political will to advance the stalled process of economic integration and further the old dream of Continental unity. In a bold venture eyed warily by the rest of the globe, the twelve members of the European Community* have pledged to unite their markets by Dec. 31, 1992, creating the world's largest market and trading bloc. West Europeans have few illusions about their ability to create a United States of Europe. Even within individual countries, regional rivalries are still pronounced, and the Continent's cultural diversity will continue...
...prosperous West Europeans. Though still much admired, America, with its violent streets, racial tensions, drug addiction and homelessness, is no longer the beckoning place it once was. Says Jean Manuel Bourgois, vice president of Groupe de la Cite, France's second largest publishing house: "The magic of the American dream has gone. Today Europeans find less to envy in America...
...most of the roughly 8,000 families that heeded the government's call between 1970 and 1974, the dream turned into a bitter disappointment. The soil, unlike the rich sod in the Western U.S., was so poor that crop yields began to deteriorate badly after three or four years. Most settlers eventually gave up and left...
Kenney says he plans to stay in the United States one more year before crossing the Atlantic next fall. Not unlike other aspiring American pros, Kenney hopes to fulfill The Dream: playing for the national team when the 1994 World Cup hits the States...