Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A confused fantastic ‘dream’ or mental illusion produced by smoking opium; hence, figuratively, any fantastic or illusory notion.
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Even more tragic is that The Call, a wing of the New Apostolic Reformation aka Seven Mountains Movement has tremendous ambition but will always be numerically too small to fulfill its pipe-dream of earthly dominion.
Wayne Besen: Religious Right Using Abortion to Lure Black Voters to GOP Wayne Besen 2011
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Even more tragic is that The Call, a wing of the New Apostolic Reformation aka Seven Mountains Movement has tremendous ambition but will always be numerically too small to fulfill its pipe-dream of earthly dominion.
Wayne Besen: Religious Right Using Abortion to Lure Black Voters to GOP Wayne Besen 2011
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It feels like a pipe-dream too, but I'm a realist and a bit of a cynic, so it comes with the territory.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Even more tragic is that The Call, a wing of the New Apostolic Reformation aka Seven Mountains Movement has tremendous ambition but will always be numerically too small to fulfill its pipe-dream of earthly dominion.
Wayne Besen: Religious Right Using Abortion to Lure Black Voters to GOP Wayne Besen 2011
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Maybe I would have adopted some other pipe-dream — I hear there's money in acting.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Maybe I would have adopted some other pipe-dream — I hear there's money in acting.
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Even more tragic is that The Call, a wing of the New Apostolic Reformation aka Seven Mountains Movement has tremendous ambition but will always be numerically too small to fulfill its pipe-dream of earthly dominion.
Wayne Besen: Religious Right Using Abortion to Lure Black Voters to GOP Wayne Besen 2011
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Even more tragic is that The Call, a wing of the New Apostolic Reformation aka Seven Mountains Movement has tremendous ambition but will always be numerically too small to fulfill its pipe-dream of earthly dominion.
Wayne Besen: Religious Right Using Abortion to Lure Black Voters to GOP Wayne Besen 2011
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It might be a pipe-dream but I don't think it's unreasonable so I ain't giving up hope yet. posted by Hal Duncan | 8: 32 PM
Archive 2010-03-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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It feels like a pipe-dream too, but I'm a realist and a bit of a cynic, so it comes with the territory.
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