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...Ripe Time. They were in no mood for explanations. The war was over, they wanted to go home. It was as simple as that. Even occupation troops in Germany and Japan, who should have known better, joined the chorus. In Frankfurt 2,000 G.I.s crowded into the Army headquarters compound and G.I. orators shinnied up a lamppost to harangue them. They yelled for soldierly Lieut. General Joseph T. McNarney to come out and face them if he was not too "scared." McNarney was in Berlin at a meeting of the Four-Power Control Council. The G.I.s showed what they thought...
...Lord Mayor brought two ripe yellow bananas back with him to the town hall, and a few lucky kids did some dockside sampling. Consensus: "Better than pears." One twelve-year-old's joyful munching was recorded on the spot...
Pick When Ripe. For 5 ft. 3 Stan Lipiec (he buys his clothes in the boys' department) life began at 14, when he skipped school and took to the turf. As a fourth-rate jockey in Cuba (he still gallops his nags mornings), he learned what makes a horse tick. Over & above his practical schooling, he developed a strategic sixth sense for razor-sharp hay-burners. His secret lies in knowing when to nab horses that other trainers have brought to peak performance...
...free of her narrow loins."). Those who believe that Author Waugh makes real sense only when he is writing apparent nonsense are likely to be dismayed by the book's religious implications-just as Waugh's more devout co-religionists may be troubled by some of its ripe frivolity...
...embarrassed their Government. When angry M.P.s in the House of Commons last week demanded action against the fascists, they knew they were raising a classic question. Home Secretary James Chuter Ede drew the classic answer from Milton: "Where people aim at extirpating free discussions, they must be regarded as ripe for extirpation themselves." Mr. Ede continued with an assessment of Mosley that only a Briton could make: "We have a very ancient democracy, with a great sense of humor, and I am quite certain that we shall put the proper valuation on many of the claims and statements that have...