Applications won't show after hiding

I posted this problem with iCal several weeks ago, but got no reply. Since then, I've found that it also happens wirh System Preferences, Address Book and Dictionary. I haven't had a problem with Mail, Safari, or with any non-Apple applications.
The problem:
-- I use the app, let's sy iCal, then press cmd-H to hide it when I'm done.
-- Time passes. I use 3-4 different applications.
-- I click on the app (iCal) in my dock ... and nothing happens.
-- I click again. Still nothing.
-- I go to Launchpad, and click on the app's icon. Nothing happens.
-- But ... if I click on the icon in the dock again, the app unhides, but it still doesn't come to the front. I have to hide the other apps to see it.
Here are some details in case that helps:
-- I sleep often, sometimes with a "sleep" command, but mostly just closing the cover.
-- I restart maybe once a week. No more.
-- I normally have Mail, iCal, Safari, System Preferences, Address Book, Word, Excel, PPT, Acrobat Reader, and Stickies open.
-- iPhoto, Skype, or FileMaker might also be open.
The problem is intermittent. Sometimes everything works fine. Sometimes it doesn't. I haven't detected any patterns.
I have Ad Blocker installed in Safari, but the problem pre-dated that.
I've got a MacBook Pro 13" running at 2.26 GHz and 4 GB memory. I'm running Lion 10.7.1. The problem also occured with 10.7.0.

I had a similar issue and I went to System Preferences > Dock, and I unchecked each check box that appears at the bottom. Then I restarted. Then I check the boxes that I had previously checked. This worked for me, I hope it will for you, too.

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