Word: ripeness
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Despite such regulatory pitfalls, the time is ripe for putting some teeth into the FDA. A profit-driven system cannot be so dependent on trust, particularly when lives hang in the balance. Doctors and their patients also bear some responsibility for using drugs wisely. "All drugs have risk," observes physician-activist Wolfe. "Most of the time the benefits outweigh the risks. But there is abysmal ignorance on the part of the public about side effects." In a culture that has long been addicted to the quick fix, a healthy respect for the power of the pill -- negative as well...
Musings on this ripe topic often muddle three distinct questions: First, what level of proof is required of stories about marital infidelity? Second, should such stories be suppressed, even if provably true, out of respect for the candidate's privacy? And third, are past extramarital affairs (to take the meat-and-potatoes issue here) relevant to a candidate's qualifications for office...
...prove to be a lifesaver for agoraphobiacs and those simply daunted by the quest for the perfect ripe tomato. ScanFone, a high-tech home-shopping and bill-paying system, is designed primarily for ordinary grocery shoppers too busy to get to the store. Introduced last week in San Francisco by Virginia- based US Order, ScanFone allows Bay Area customers to pay bills and buy their groceries using a special Touch-Tone phone, a bar-code scanner and a 6,000-item catalog from Safeway. Unlike some predecessors, including a discontinued supermarket shopping system introduced by the home-computer information network...
Political bribery is another ripe area of investigation. In Georgia last week Governor Zell Miller and house speaker Tom Murphy testified before a federal grand jury probing reports of payoffs to legislators for passing a law enabling First American to buy the National Bank of Georgia when both banks were controlled by B.C.C.I. A report of those alleged bribes originally came into the hands of the CIA in 1986, according to TIME sources...
...with helicopters and other assistance during some of his missions. By 1986, the captors had intertwined Waite's efforts with the secret U.S. operation: each time a weapons shipment was made to Iran, an Iranian official would travel to Damascus, and North would signal Waite that the time was ripe for him to visit his contacts in Beirut. With these pieces in place, a hostage would be released and Waite could claim credit...