Word: dreaming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Much has been written about the narrow concepts of the so-called American Dream, about the pressing need to reform America's educational system, about the ignorance of its schoolchildren. And as the National Geographic survey underscores, most of it is true...
...which Christ (Willem Dafoe) is shown as tormented and self-accusatory ("I lied, I am afraid. Lucifer is inside me") and in which he persuades Judas (Harvey Keitel) to betray him because it is God's plan. But what has them fuming is a portion of a final dream sequence -- meant to be Christ's hallucination while on the cross -- in which Jesus is shown briefly engaged in sexual relations with Mary Magdalene, played by Barbara Hershey...
Whatever the outcome, hard-pressed immigrants will go on joining ethnic loan clubs. For many, the informal banks represent a leg up on the American dream. Someday the language and cultural barriers that hold back immigrants may start to crumble. Until then, the loan clubs will no doubtprosper...
...dream ticket for the G.O.P.? The more George Bush cites "compatibility" as a quality in a running mate, the less chance Bob Dole has of being picked. At a recent rally in Atlanta, Dole arrived an hour late, cooling the crowd that was ready to cheer the waiting Bush. When Dole was applauded, he joked, "Well, I'd be willing to accept the nomination, but it left without me." Complained a Bush aide: "He still can't accept that it's over...
Caprio spoke glowingly of Dukakis. "He's part of the American dream: going from a small brick house in Brookline to the large White house on Pennsylvania Avenue. He straightened out Beacon Hill and now he's going to straighten out Capitol Hill," Caprio says...