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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: American dream

American dream stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

 Dream Small, America 

Most of us will never achieve the impossible; we'd be better off admitting it

Mar 13, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American dream sounds great, but the relentless pursuit of "whatever glitters beyond the edge of our means" is doing us no favors, Frederic Morton writes in the LA Times. "Our passion for the out-of-reach is the very dynamic that (to use a long- familiar phrase) 'has made... More »

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Barack Obama • New Deal • American dream

GLOSSIES

 American Dream 
 Dies in Our Wallet 

Lust for fame and fortune have hijacked the nation's true promise

Mar 8, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - To the dreary lexical suite that defines our times—greed, foreclosure, stimulus and debt—we must add humility, David Kamp writes in Vanity Fair. Our gluttonous pursuits and ridicule of middle-class life has landed us in the grip of a recession and twisted the shape of the American Dream, he... More »

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work • middle class • recession • American dream • founding fathers

opinion

 Lift a Glass to
 Belgian Bid for Bud 

But US outrage is understandable

Jul 6, 08 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Belgian beer company InBev’s bid for Anheuser-Busch may look like an affront to a US tradition—but it's perfectly in keeping with the American spirit of entrepreneurship, writes Maureen Ogle in the Washington Post. It’s “precisely the sort of bold strike that launched the American Revolution and... More »

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beer • Budweiser • Anheuser-Busch • American dream • InBev

OPINION

Only Obama
Can Rescue
US 'Brand'

The Nike of the field draws praise from marketing experts

Mar 3, 08 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is the sturdy candidate resembling Microsoft, John McCain evokes Hummer, and Mike Huckabee’s the Applebee’s of the field, but only Barack Obama "has the secret sauce that Brand America needs to regain its appeal." media consultant Jeff Yang writes in Salon. Yang is part... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • advertising • Apple • Mike Huckabee • Nike • USA • American dream

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