| rdfs:comment | - Contributed by The Bartending School
- "American Dream" is a single by British rock band The Grip, produced by Andy Taylor at AIR Studios in London and released in the UK by Survival Records during 1990. The B-sides were recorded live on tour in 1989 and mixed by Willie.
- Collect 34 (4/10/20) to get Star Shield
- American Dream might refer to:
* American Dream (L&O), the Law & Order fourth season episode.
* American Dream (SVU), the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit eighteenth season episode.
- American Dream is the 7th song from Better Than Ezra's 2005 album, Before The Robots. It runs for 3:40.
- The American Dream is the symbolic goal of all good Americans. Bad, heretical "Americans" also claim to pursue the American Dream, but all good heroes know those are, in fact, nightmares. The American Dream is available to everyone, as long as they know where their bread is buttered. This availability is brought to you by the letter "V" and the number 1. Contrary to what some Hate America Firsters lead you to believe, The Dream is usually very affordable and always for sale. Most recently it has been refined into delicious ice cream and sold in small Colbert-endorsed tubs. God bless capitalism!
- A hauntingly compelling vision of crash consumerism in Mona Lisa Overdrive, the American Dream continues to call its public on closer to the precipice of overweight hubris. The most successful public relations campaign of all time, even exceeding that of Stephen King and surprise silent partner Jimmy Carter's conspiracy to Scare the Hell Out of Everbody at $36 a hardcover pop, this barbecue heat-shimmering vision transcends all times, all moral values, and all tax classifications. What is this silent killer, and why does it draw the ambitious onward like trailer park girls to a free keg party?
- American Dream (dt. Amerikanischer Traum) war eine geplante Mission für Grand Theft Auto IV, die an achter Stelle stehen sollte. Sie erfolgte vor Logging on und nach Uncle Vlad. Warum sie es nicht in die Endversion geschafft hat, ist unbekannt.
- American Dream was a mission cut from Grand Theft Auto IV. Not much else is known about the mission. The title might suggest this would have been a Roman Bellic mission.
- American Dream is a famous novel and story with wide imagination which was written by Edward Albee
- Annabelle Nolan Roquefort was born in Chicago, IL., to Cameron Nolan and Victoria Roquefort. Her father was part of Task Force 141, and he died during the Chrell Invasion. Despite wanting to have children, particularly a daughter, Cameron never got a chance to meet his daughter, as Victoria was pregnant when he died. When Annabelle was born, her mother gave her her father's last name as her middle name. Growing up in Chicago, Annabelle found herself often at odds with her mother who, already depressed from losing her husband, slipped into post partum depression after giving birth to her daughter. Annabelle's paternal grandmother stepped in to help where she could. Though Victoria was able to recover, there was always a block between her and her daughter, one that seemed insurmountable.
- The American dream was an ideal of the United States of America. It essentially encompassed "truth, justice and the American way". (TLG: "Pilot", et al.) When John Fitzgerald Byers was a boy, the American dream was one topic that his father, Bertram Roosevelt Byers, used to talk about. The stories inspired John Byers to believe in the promise of his country. In 1989, he teamed up with Richard Langly and Melvin Frohike, an action that he later claimed was due to his belief that "someone has to expose those who would destroy that dream, someone has to write the stories they don't want you to read." (TLG: "Pilot")
- Just like Eagle Land, the American Dream comes in two flavors: This came from the perception that immigrants had of America, since they were fleeing from bad situations and places that were hostile to their groups, and finding a place they could begin anew. In a single word, the American Dream was: "Independence". No longer would surviving in life depend on your connections to the powerful few, but rather by one's own Diligence, Hard Work, and a bit of Luck. See By Your Own Bootstraps. See also and compare Los Angeles, California, the city synonymous with "change" in fiction.
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| abstract | - Contributed by The Bartending School
- "American Dream" is a single by British rock band The Grip, produced by Andy Taylor at AIR Studios in London and released in the UK by Survival Records during 1990. The B-sides were recorded live on tour in 1989 and mixed by Willie.
- The American dream was an ideal of the United States of America. It essentially encompassed "truth, justice and the American way". (TLG: "Pilot", et al.) When John Fitzgerald Byers was a boy, the American dream was one topic that his father, Bertram Roosevelt Byers, used to talk about. The stories inspired John Byers to believe in the promise of his country. In 1989, he teamed up with Richard Langly and Melvin Frohike, an action that he later claimed was due to his belief that "someone has to expose those who would destroy that dream, someone has to write the stories they don't want you to read." (TLG: "Pilot") Ten years later, FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully conducted an undercover investigation of the Falls at Arcadia planned community and dined, one night, with fellow residents Win and Cami Shroeder. When Mulder implied that he believed the Falls at Arcadia (like other communities) had a dark underbelly, Win Shroeder defended the planned community by saying that it was, as far as he was concerned, the American dream. His wife, Cami, then took their dog, Scruffy, for a walk and was joined by Scully, who asked Cami for her thoughts on whether the area was the American dream. Rather than directly answering the question, Cami admitted that the place was a "nice neighborhood", made up of people who wanted the best for their families. (TXF: "Arcadia") When John and Bertram Byers were temporarily reunited in 2000 - after having become estranged in 1989, because Bert Byers had disapproved of his son associating himself with Langly and Frohike - Bert Byers' final words to John were an acknowledgment that he and his friends were fighting for the American dream (an indirect reference to the group's newspaper, The Lone Gunman) and a caring caution that he should not expect to win. (TLG: "Pilot") In 2002, moments after Scully discovered that a particular man had been spying on her, she spoke to the man - unaware at this time, however, that he was a super-soldier - and asked him if he had ever heard of the Constitution. Her observer answered that he had, before saying that it "allows foreign terrorists to live here and enjoy the American dream, until time comes to destroy it." (TXF: "Trust No 1")
- Collect 34 (4/10/20) to get Star Shield
- American Dream might refer to:
* American Dream (L&O), the Law & Order fourth season episode.
* American Dream (SVU), the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit eighteenth season episode.
- American Dream is the 7th song from Better Than Ezra's 2005 album, Before The Robots. It runs for 3:40.
- The American Dream is the symbolic goal of all good Americans. Bad, heretical "Americans" also claim to pursue the American Dream, but all good heroes know those are, in fact, nightmares. The American Dream is available to everyone, as long as they know where their bread is buttered. This availability is brought to you by the letter "V" and the number 1. Contrary to what some Hate America Firsters lead you to believe, The Dream is usually very affordable and always for sale. Most recently it has been refined into delicious ice cream and sold in small Colbert-endorsed tubs. God bless capitalism!
- A hauntingly compelling vision of crash consumerism in Mona Lisa Overdrive, the American Dream continues to call its public on closer to the precipice of overweight hubris. The most successful public relations campaign of all time, even exceeding that of Stephen King and surprise silent partner Jimmy Carter's conspiracy to Scare the Hell Out of Everbody at $36 a hardcover pop, this barbecue heat-shimmering vision transcends all times, all moral values, and all tax classifications. What is this silent killer, and why does it draw the ambitious onward like trailer park girls to a free keg party?
- American Dream (dt. Amerikanischer Traum) war eine geplante Mission für Grand Theft Auto IV, die an achter Stelle stehen sollte. Sie erfolgte vor Logging on und nach Uncle Vlad. Warum sie es nicht in die Endversion geschafft hat, ist unbekannt.
- American Dream was a mission cut from Grand Theft Auto IV. Not much else is known about the mission. The title might suggest this would have been a Roman Bellic mission.
- Annabelle Nolan Roquefort was born in Chicago, IL., to Cameron Nolan and Victoria Roquefort. Her father was part of Task Force 141, and he died during the Chrell Invasion. Despite wanting to have children, particularly a daughter, Cameron never got a chance to meet his daughter, as Victoria was pregnant when he died. When Annabelle was born, her mother gave her her father's last name as her middle name. Growing up in Chicago, Annabelle found herself often at odds with her mother who, already depressed from losing her husband, slipped into post partum depression after giving birth to her daughter. Annabelle's paternal grandmother stepped in to help where she could. Though Victoria was able to recover, there was always a block between her and her daughter, one that seemed insurmountable. So when she abandoned Annabelle when Annabelle was still in elementary school, her daughter was not surprised, taking it rather in stride. Idolizing her father, she kept everything of him that she could, and decided to go by "Nolan" instead of Annabelle, to remember the man who had always wanted a daughter but never had the chance to meet her. Moving in with her grandmother, Annabelle stayed with her until her junior year of high school. When she tried to join Vanguard, Nolan was first rebuffed, but she met Duncan Strega, and when she told him who she was, he promised to help her. He had served with her father in Task Force 141 and felt he owed a debt to the daughter of the man who had saved his life multiple times during the war. He personally vouched for her and got her into Vanguard, starting her training immediately. Pushed through the rigorous tests, Nolan passed them with flying colors, though she would not graduate at the top of her class, rather in the top 10. Given her choice of assignments, she asked to work out of the Chicago office, as her grandmother had taken ill. Her grandmother passed shortly into her assignment, and Nolan was left alone again in the world.
- American Dream is a famous novel and story with wide imagination which was written by Edward Albee
- Just like Eagle Land, the American Dream comes in two flavors: This came from the perception that immigrants had of America, since they were fleeing from bad situations and places that were hostile to their groups, and finding a place they could begin anew. The "American Dream" refers to the betterment of position (either for oneself or for one's posterity) that can be achieved in the United States (or in earlier times the more broad "New World" of the Americas). Historically this has meant the obtaining of property. Prior to the discovery of the Americas, the holding of property differentiated between the haves, and the have-nots. Furthermore, not owning property made it extremely difficult to improve one's position in life. Then the discovery of the Americas meant that there was a ton of land out there to which nobody had a legal claim (the Indians didn't count). If you went to America you could gain ownership of land- and so vastly improve your status in life. Whether this was the yeomen farmers of New England, or the plantation owners of Virgina, suddenly in one generation you could leap from landless renters to property holders- allowing the 2nd generation to pursue things like law and politics (in Latin America things went south because land ownership was not as widely distributed -- partially due to the differences between Iberians and the English). In a single word, the American Dream was: "Independence". No longer would surviving in life depend on your connections to the powerful few, but rather by one's own Diligence, Hard Work, and a bit of Luck. See By Your Own Bootstraps. As the Industrial Revolution changed the importance of ownership of farm land, the American Dream morphed to include elements such as owning your own small business, or your own home with a bit of lawn. All elements of economic independence in the modern age. This independence meant that obtainers of the American Dream could see their children free to become whatever they wanted to. Immediately after World War II, the American Dream was the standard idea of a husband, who went to work in a major city, usually by driving to the train station (or being driven by his wife) and commuting; a ranch-style house in the suburbs; two cars and a stay-at-home wife and mom who raised their average brood of 2.5 children. In modern day America, this tends to mean any number of things, including having a stable job, owning a paid-for house and car(s), and raising a family. In fiction the American Dream tends to be depicted as either getting really, really rich or else living a happy suburban life like 1950s sitcom characters. The results are commonly either a Rags to Riches story, or Happily Married. This view tends to argue that the American Dream is either not real, being really just a dream, or flawed (or dead). Often complaining that the illusion of some future prosperity is used to keep the "masses" happy while they are oppressed in the present. Those who have read The Great Gatsby will know what this view is like. In this setting the average citizens are shown to all be busy working on their own Get Rich Quick Scheme, which they are convinced will one day, maybe even tomorrow, make them very rich, and they are, if not uninterested, then outright opposed to the conditions of the losers in life. If fortune waits just around the corner, why worry about such things? After all, losers are losers for a reason. These more cynical takes may also feature the observation that the road to success is a lot more difficult to travel than the Get Rich Quick Schemers anticipate, and that their own search for an easy route to success is holding them back and preventing them from accomplishing anything meaningful; in essence, they themselves become the losers they dismiss. More recent interpretations reflect on the isolation of Suburbia or the high amount of personal and national debt Americans have accrued over the last thirty years. Families in these works appear to have the perfect life, but it's all a sham. To maintain the facade, the characters may have given up their ideals to lick their soulless boss' boots, or have a secret second life selling drugs, or kill somebody (including themselves) for the life insurance. In this version, you can have the American Dream™, but it comes at a great price, literally and figuratively. Cynical takes on the American Dream also tend to treat it more as a fantasy, or even a delusion, than a realistic dream. Instead of a land of unlimited possibilities and opportunity, America is a land of limited resources and people all competing for them; this means that there's only going to be so much of the pie available to share, and not everyone is going to get an equal slice. Thus, there's at least one loser (if not more) for every winner; someone's got to clean the streets and scrub the toilets after all. Again in fiction the American Dream tends to be depicted as either to getting really, really rich or else living a happy suburban life like 1950s sitcom characters. But this time if you go for the former you'll discover that it's Lonely At the Top and if you go for the latter you'll find yourself condemned to an Awful Wedded Life. Take your pick. Seriously, what the American Dream entails is constantly up for debate, but it's usually agreed that it involves all citizens being allowed to achieve what they want, or at least the opportunity to try. Often it is pointed out that different minorities have commonly been handicapped in chasing the American Dream compared to other Americans. The term American Dream is often used in the context of immigrants coming over to the "Land of Opportunity" (think of the song "America" from West Side Story). Of course, not everyone comes over to America, so a whole lot of people stay with whatever the dream is in their country. May have some relation to the Ankh-Morporkian Dream, reportedly that of "making boatloads of cash in a place where your death was not likely to be a matter of public policy". See also and compare Los Angeles, California, the city synonymous with "change" in fiction. Not to be confused with "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, with the Distaff Counterpart/successor/possible daughter of Captain America, Shannon Carter or with the erstwhile TV show American Dreams.
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