Word: ripeness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ripe questions require sessions without delay to discuss reports of regional executive committees, and where it is necessary to take personnel decisions, they must be taken without waiting for elections," he said...
...possible for an obscure religious fanatic to lead one of the great revolutionary upheavals of this century? To begin with, the time was ripe. The Shah had pushed his feudal and devout country into the modern, secular world too far and too fast, using torture and execution to suppress dissent. In addition, Khomeini's place in the world of Shi'ite theology gave him a platform. Unlike Sunni Muslims, members of Islam's other, much larger branch, Shi'ites believe in an intermediary between God and man. In Shi'ism's first centuries, this role of mediator was played...
...single concession will not suffice. And it's not concessions that we should be talking about, but rather a joint search for formulas that will ensure universal security. I am convinced that this is quite possible. Conditions are now ripe for a breakthrough in the prohibition of chemical weapons, the reduction of conventional arms in Europe and cuts in Soviet and U.S. strategic offensive weapons...
Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57's master plan to randomize the House system next year is also ripe for the eye-for-an-eye approach. Why not randomize University-affiliated housing also? Would Dean Jewett appreciate being told where he will live in September...
...politics of 1969 were ripe with promise. The promise that a freer, more equal society was about to be born. The efforts to make America extend its promises of liberty and justice to women, minorities and the poor. The promise that a younger generation could rise up and present an alternative direction for the nation...