Word: ripe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...With the new shopping mall and surge in new housing in construction," says Fucillo, "I believe this area of Cambridge is ripe for the kind of cuisine and service First Street will provide. At some point we will be able to offer home delivery of almost all of our menu items...
Myers also called the vacancies "slightly enticing," and said the city was "ripe for a swing in this political direction," referring...
...Manigat, last February, but Namphy and the military seized control once again in June. Ironically, Avril was widely believed to be the guiding force behind Namphy's regime. But Avril may have decided that growing public outrage at the heavy-handed tactics of Namphy's government made the time ripe for a change in leadership. Both Namphy and Romain had been blamed for brutal violence directed at opponents of the military...
...flatter a pretty woman's intellect to soften her resolve? Can't she tell that sweet-souled Sam Posner (Peter Riegert), a pickle salesman from the old neighborhood, is the guy for her? Isabelle's Yiddishe grandma (Reizl Bozyk) can tell, in cliches that fall from her lips like ripe plums...
April 30, 1988: Having wrapped up the Ivy League title in midweek with a victory over Dartmouth, the women's lacrosse team would seem ripe for a letdown. But the Crimson manages to slip past the University of New Hampshire, 9-8, on a Karen Everling goal with 20 seconds left in the game...