Then there's the dream factory of aviation geeks: Skunk Works.

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Hodgson was tipped as the next great British rider after claiming seventh in his home Grand Prix and earning a dream move to the Ducati factory squad for the 1996 World Superbike Championship.

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The Post Factory in Manhattan has been helping him learn to edit so he can pursue his dream of becoming a documentary film-maker.

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Hyundai, for example, confirmed that it would suspend construction of a semiconductor plant in Scotland and a car factory in Indonesia (both measures that had already been announced), and postponed its founder's dream of building a steel plant.

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