Clinton was like Reagan in one critical respect: he provided a temporary illusion of compatibility for mutually irreconcilable positions.

But most of the time, the risk is merely a temporary illusion, perhaps a feeling of being a little too far "out there."

My rage and the temporary illusion of invulnerability faded and I became reacquainted with the millions of people watching me.

Or at least the temporary illusion of peace, which is all we can hope for.

What no one seems to understand is that peace on Earth is merely a temporary illusion.

But next to them were a group of awareness-interrupters intended to create the temporary illusion of being a member of a mass-mind.

I think it may have given him a temporary illusion of triumph, and he liked it so well, he thought he'd try it again," the donier said.

It was a temporary illusion.

What if that prosperity is a temporary illusion?

Behind the closed door of that lavatory I had the temporary illusion of security.