With each hour that passes in 2013, this becomes more and more of a pipe-dream.
At the moment, to be trusted more than Labour on health and education is a pipe-dream.
This is a pipe-dream, if only because NATO's membership includes such non-EU countries as Canada, Norway and Turkey.
Mr Robertson and his crew came to believe a pipe-dream: the preservation of their independence with the chance to dip into Dresdner's deep pockets whenever they needed to.
But they oppose nuclear power, a position that puts them at odds with a fair number of environmentalists who have concluded, reluctantly, that a low-carbon future without nuclear energy is a pipe-dream.
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Without this kind of two-way communication, engagement is just a pipe dream.
"It's a pipe dream to think that a country can secure its cyber-borders, " says Schneier.
The result is that for the affluent and spa-addicted, the idea of a home spa is becoming less a pipe dream and more an indulgent reality.
The combination of smartphones and home Wi-Fi networks has taken the concept of a truly wireless connected home from a pipe dream to a reality.
To be sure, with intermediate-term munis earning 4% and Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) not doing so well, the 7% return may be a pipe dream.
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Once you have shopped within a whisker of your luggage allowance, grab a Lebanese mezze lunch outdoors at Cafe Layali Zaman on the Corniche (look for the "Baguette" sign), where the hummus is perfectly garlicky, the baba ganoush a smoky, aubergine dream and you might choose to accompany your Arabic coffee with a sweet-scented shisha water-pipe.
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