Word: riper
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this everything, M.G.M.'s Lady Be Good has salvaged only two of the Gershwin melodies: the title song and Fascinating Rhythm. Around these still glittering butterfly relics three studio scripters (Jack McGowan, Kay Van Riper, John McClain) have spun one of the longest, dullest plots in many a cinema season...
Converting 1% of the Chinese in 100 years is not in itself a cheering statistic for the missionaries, but the time may be riper than they realize for a far broader acceptance of their faith. China is today the only great non-Christian State with a Christian head. The conversion of Constantine is not the only case where through political events Christianity has come into sudden power after long years of struggling growth. After the victory at Tolbiac 1,445 years ago, heathen Clovis and his army of 3,000 Franks were baptized in gratitude. Something not far different might...