Word: ripely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...affirmative predicated that the next war will finish civilization, and that if pacifism takes root in the United States, it will spread all over the world. "There is a bigger thing now than national patriotism", said one of the speakers from the floor. "The time is ripe for starting a movement for pacifism, and the best place to begin is at home and at Harvard...
...young cousin, alone for the night, "ripe for plucking...
...woman, who turns off the light. She takes the lead all through this erotic game of tag. She is a sophisticated city woman, temporarily blacklisting her husband. In her pique at him, she flies to a relative's farm and finds a young cousin alone for the night, ripe for her plucking. She decides to make the most of isolation. She enmeshes him; then walks into his bedroom while he stands...
Whoever originated this scheme must have been studying American advertising methods. On the ship are delegates who will deliver lectures at every stop. There is, of course, a cargo of the usual "literature" on board. And there are sample automobiles, aircraft, electrical appliances, ripe olives, and--one guesses chianti...
...Costa Rica. Their duty done, they started home. Diving through the clouds they "stumbled" on the Black Fleet anchored in Chiriqui lagoon off Bocas del Toro. Lieutenant Moon, one of the aviators, circled, counted the ships, and then descending, bombed the aeroplane carrier Langley, making three direct hits with ripe tomatoes. Within an hour the information was in the hands of the Canal Zone defenders. It was most disconcerting. The position of the enemy was supposed to remain unknown and the presence of an aeroplane carrier was to have been a deep secret from the Blues. So two days...