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He had a dream, to build the MAES into a fine magical organization, and it went on for years, gathering strength; perhaps it wasn’t as big a dream as some dreams go, but without some sort of dream any life is meaningless, and this was his.

And so he would proceed, like so many others

Poor NYC Prep

Parents have really put a lot of pressure on the kids — everything has been organized, they’re all taking A.P. courses, then summer hits and they’re going to learning camps
—Peter A. Spevak, a psychologist in Rockville, Md

Influence

It didn’t take much for Hoovers to shift direction, arm the robots, and organize themselves to take over the world. Who knew it would happen at SLA 2009? They didn’t even change their name to Skynet yet.

Painting of a Michelangelo drawing, NYT

Coming down Hoosac mountain and rounding the hairpin turn into the Hoosac Valley. The elevation drops from over 2000 ft to almost 1200 ft over the course of the entire 800 ft switchback.

Same subject, different outcome