Word: dreaming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gregor Samsa awoke one morning... he found, himself transformed in his bed into a giant insect... What has happened to me? he thought. It was no dream. The MetamorphosisFranz Kafka...
Five thousand people from Eastern Massachusetts walked the same way as 250,000 Blacks and whites, dressed in Sunday suits and bathing suits, arrayed in families and interest groups, all marching on Washington to commemorate the 20th anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" speech and rediscover the moral impulse of the civil rights movement. But back at home almost a month later, as representatives of civil rights, religious, labor, peace, women's environmental and elderly groups meet to chart their futures, few leaders dare predict they'll stay together...
...admire the individuals mentioned in your story "Risking It All" [Aug. 29]. Their quest for thrills has been fulfilled by living a dream, a fantasy or a desire. Our lives are too easy, too habitual, too systematic and often too dull. How gratifying that there are still a lot of Huckleberry Finns...
...saga of John Z. DeLorean is still unfolding, but the books are already starting to appear. Can the movie be far behind? Dream Maker (G.P. Putnam; 455 pages; $16.95) by Ivan Fallen and James Srodes was first in the stores. Due out next month is a more authoritative account by Detroit Journalist Hillel Levin, Grand Delusions (Viking; 336 pages; $15.95). Levin reveals that while DeLorean's sports-car company was heading toward insolvency, he charged the firm $78,100 for expenses in moving from Detroit to New York City, gave executives credit cards for Tiffany and "21" Club...
...English, who have flirted with Beatles music and the leveling principle, have returned to their ancient heritage of snobbism. They worship their ancestors and buy The Official Shane Ranger Handbook and dream of country houses and old money. They have a look, both wistful and satirical, at the Duke of Bedford's Book of Snobs, with its indispensable advice: "A tiara is never worn in a hotel, only at parties arranged in private houses or when royal ladies are present." They think longingly of the right public school, the right regiment, the right club (Whites, if possible, or Boodles...