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  • By the end of 1941, the Nazi dream-life of the former Ilse Köhler began to collapse around her.

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

  • But in the dream-life of the Reich, with all of Africa and the Russian commies dead or forced into slave labor, some already working on moon colonies organized by Werner von Braun and other rocket wizards, there would be no commodities crisis, no global warming, no economic criminality.

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

  • And I can imagine your disappointment in my dream-life.

    BATMAN Pancakes Kevin Maher 2009

  • And I can imagine your disappointment in my dream-life.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Kevin Maher 2009

  • I can't think of a single other writer working in the UK at the moment who could have come up with such an original concept as Donna's dream-life - and, as I had suspected, he *did* get me crying in the second episode, especially when Donna's "husband" tried to call after her back in the real world...

    Doctor Who Catch-Up! annawaits 2008

  • I can't think of a single other writer working in the UK at the moment who could have come up with such an original concept as Donna's dream-life - and, as I had suspected, he *did* get me crying in the second episode, especially when Donna's "husband" tried to call after her back in the real world...

    Archive 2008-06-01 annawaits 2008

  • You might think from the fact that the dreams I share all have to do with comic books, science fiction, or other forms of literature that my dream-life is very narrow and circumscribed, but that's far from the truth.

    A Minor League Dream scottedelman 2008

  • Throw in just a few more things, and Spongebob would have about as close to a dream-life as is possible in this world.

    My Hero, Spongebob Squarepants 2005

  • Throw in just a few more things, and Spongebob would have about as close to a dream-life as is possible in this world.

    The Sudden Curve: 2005

  • The transition from dream-life to real life took place in me late ... perhaps too late, perhaps it has not fully taken place up to now.

    The Diary of a Superfluous Man and other stories 2006

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