Word: dreaming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...began to dream. I was in a final exam and I was naked and the professor--except it wasn't really a professor, it was a talking dog--never mind. Anyway, it was over soon...
...nice things about this story is that it happens to be true. But the inference that such a dream can materialize randomly for anyone with enough luck is certainly false. Kennedy's good fortune has had the perverse effect of overshadowing his talent, of making him seem a lottery winner rather than an artist who finally gained the attention he deserved. Hence his fifth novel arrives at an opportune moment, providing a respite from the hoopla of recognition and a chance to examine anew what all the noise is about...
...game business, yesterday's craze is today's closet stuffer. And no company knows that better than Coleco. Its cuddly Cabbage Patch Kids were once every small child's dream, but sales peaked in 1985 and have been falling ever since. In 1986 Coleco made a seemingly shrewd move in buying the company that held the license to the popular Trivial Pursuit game, but soon yuppies began to grow tired of asking one another questions like "Who played the Lone Ranger's faithful Indian companion...
ARIA. Assign ten directors to work daft magic on ten of opera's greatest hits, and the result is this beguiling pastiche of long-haired "videos." Ken Russell wins top prize for his Turandotty dream sequence...
...Columbia and Berkeley. He acquired national notoriety as a demonstration leader at the ill-fated Democratic Convention of 1968, which led to his trial and conviction (subsequently overturned) as a member of the Chicago Seven. Today the proud husband of Jane Fonda pursues his version of the American dream as a member of the California state legislature...