Illusion – the ability to cast spells that mess with your enemies' minds, such as fear, calming, and invisibility.
The aim of the conversation, however, is not completion, which short of death itself is an illusion, but the ability to change.
The more they shed their illusion of power, the more they imperil their ability to rake in big bucks from their apocalyptic direct-mail campaigns.
Arabs who take part in opposition politics have few illusions about their ability ever to win power but hope that they can influence debate on the margins.
Sharone Ben-Harosh, a longtime veteran of the moving industry, has no illusions about his ability to make people actually enjoy the experience of packing their lives into boxes and relocating.
But he said he had no illusions about the ability of economists to influence public officials, who in Germany and France have tried to shield banks from too many leverage restrictions.
She has heard about another cosmetics company in Long Island City, Queens, that she hopes will take her on, but she has few illusions about her ability to find a new job at her age.
But the political and cultural divisions here appear even more acute than those he faced in Ulster, Mr. Mitchell said, adding that his committee had few illusions about its ability to dissipate "the pervasive sense of gloom" that has enveloped the region since the breakdown of last summer's peace talks and the explosion of violence in the fall.
For all his obvious respect for nature -- displayed not only in "Excalibur" (which was largely filmed near his own home in Ireland) but also in the lush, wild landscapes of "Hell in the Pacific" (1968), "Deliverance" (1972), "The Emerald Forest" (1985) and "Beyond Rangoon" (1995) -- he appears to harbor no illusions about our ability to live in it without making utter fools of ourselves.
Or suppose that Reggie wins the lottery, and having bizarre illusions about his ability to control which ticket will win, he enters the lottery and wins it with the intention of winning it [Mele 1997].
