Word: ripely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There is much talk of Mr. Johnson's hold on the Progressives having weakened because he followed the " regulars " too closely in the last Congress. At any rate, both Californians, following this first bloom of their candidacies, must pass through a long and hazardous growing season before the ripe fruit of election can hang from their laden boughs...
...dream of a steel age failed?it was still too early. Enoch clung to iron?and when Aaron's son, John Breakspeare, brought his father back to New Damascus, dead, the clash between practical Enoch and young Breakspeare, between iron and steel, was renewed. The time was ripe for the monstrous birth of the steel age? Enoch, singlehanded, fought vainly against it ? he broke himself and New Damascus, retarding for a few years the inevitable event. And when Agnes married John, after many vicissitudes, Enoch and Breakspeare were reconciled at last. This unique novel by a famed writer...
...Juvenal pictured the fall of the Roman Empire when he described the Roman woman as 'lewd, petulant, reeling ripe with wine.' The modern woman is going the same...
Penmanship is the occasion of comparatively few occupational diseases. Yet during the early months of 1923 mortality has been high in the literary fraternity. At least eight well-known names have joined the roster of the dead. It is noteworthy, however, that all but one of these passed away ripe in years. The exception is Katherine Mansfield, whose death came upon her in mid-career. The others...
...within the Republican ranks. These rebels, attracted by the vigor of a Borah or the vote-swinging power of a Johnson, have been spreading sly stories about the President's discouragement over his work. They have bored from within, intending to scuttle the ship quietly when the time was ripe. They have imagined that they could persuade him of his unfitness for office or simply shoulder him aside. President Harding is unconvinced, he refuses to be shouldered. Dissentient Republicans have had the issue shoved squarely in their faces: Will they or won't they support their leader...