Shall we be Asx, and meet reality as it comes?

Marino's charmed life has met reality for the first time.

But screwups happen more often than not when plans finally meet reality.

Of course, it's a city where grand dreams meet harsh reality.

Very often in these stories the supernatural meets everyday reality.

But that is sometimes less obvious than it might be, because of what usually happens when plans meet reality.

They are also some of the most free years - later, when you come into adulthood, fantasy must meet reality.

Maybe Americans are ready to meet reality on its own terms.

"When negotiations start to meet reality, positions have to evolve," a senior administration official said today.

So much must be left to the imagination that expectations can easily wind up not meeting reality when the building is finished.