Word: ripely
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...grave and then shovel him in. One cannot discard the defense as valueless with a scoff and a biting remark. Colonel Kernan disregards the two most sensational defenses of modern times--those of Russia in 1812 and 1941--which did not develop into counter-attacks until the time was ripe...
...time is now ripe. . . . The decisive moment is the year 1942. The decisive place is the front of the U.S.S.R. . . . If, as I strongly hope, the Allies will take this road, then the backbone of Hitlerite Germany will be broken this year...
...Constance Rivington Russell, whose father was the wealthy law partner of Eleanor Roosevelt's father. They settled down in a rambling white frame Colonial house in Concord. There Winant took up his political career. He scorned political machines, political patronage, was a dismal campaigner. But New Hampshire was ripe for his liberal, common-man political philosophy. He got elected to the State Legislature; in 1925 he beat Colonel Frank Knox, now Secretary of the Navy, for Governor, broke the New Hampshire anti-third-term tradition...
...most Britons knew that India's political differences might take years to iron out-even under most favorable conditions. They thought that the time was ripe for Britain to take the initiative in settling those differences. They wanted the Indian National Defense Council to be backed by the will of millions who knew that they were fighting for their own freedom...
...even years, of effort. It takes about two years to get essential oil from the tuberose, three years for jasmine, at least four for cassie or ylang-ylang. And it takes ancient skills and a Merlin's genius to produce just the right oils once the flower is ripe for its "enfleurage." But Latin America has the climate and the cheap labor to make a brave...