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burst someone's bubble

Fig. to destroy someone's illusion or delusion; to destroy someone's fantasy. I hate to burst your bubble, but Columbus did not discover Canada. Even if you think I am being foolish, please don't burst my bubble.

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In fact, argues Palo Alto's Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, outside the burst bubble the state has outperformed the rest of the country. Golden bear? California's surprising economy by Welch, Matt / Reason Yet while the burst bubble and economic slowdown is likely to curtail the scope of unfettered experimentation, it seems clear that there will also be a continuing fermentation and questioning of Japan's social economic and cultural values and that Japanese architecture will continue to be as richly paradoxical and enthralling as the urban culture in which it is inescapably conceived. Japan on the edge -- reconciling ritual with reality by SLESSOR, CATHERINE / The Architectural Review While looking at the retail market for wool, the authors address general shifts in the Japanese economy and consumer orientation since the rapid appreciation of the yen from 1985, and the impact of Japan's so-called burst bubble economy. Wool in Japan: Structural Change in the Textile and Clothing Market by Creighton, Millie / Pacific Affairs More results

In fact, argues Palo Alto's Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, outside the burst bubble the state has outperformed the rest of the country.

Golden bear? California's surprising economy by Welch, Matt / Reason

Yet while the burst bubble and economic slowdown is likely to curtail the scope of unfettered experimentation, it seems clear that there will also be a continuing fermentation and questioning of Japan's social economic and cultural values and that Japanese architecture will continue to be as richly paradoxical and enthralling as the urban culture in which it is inescapably conceived.

Japan on the edge -- reconciling ritual with reality by SLESSOR, CATHERINE / The Architectural Review

While looking at the retail market for wool, the authors address general shifts in the Japanese economy and consumer orientation since the rapid appreciation of the yen from 1985, and the impact of Japan's so-called burst bubble economy.

Wool in Japan: Structural Change in the Textile and Clothing Market by Creighton, Millie / Pacific Affairs

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