At the Nashville Farmers Market, shopper Susan Johnson walks with her plastic bags full of ripe produce.

NPR: Tennessee Drought Stunts Growth of Local Crops

From one winery to the next along the back-country road that runs through Mendoza, the premier wine-growing region there, Bieler found full-bodied, ripe reds everywhere he looked.

FORBES: Wines for the Weekend

"Student visitor visas have fewer checks than full student visas and are therefore ripe for exploitation by those looking to avoid tougher checks, " he added.

BBC: Student visas: UKBA 'failed to check' tip-offs

Too frequently I hear wines from California described as full-bodied, made with lots of ripe, over-extracted fruit and a generous exposure to sweet-smelling American oak.

WSJ: Thinking Inside the Bottle

It's got to occur to them that their observations, along with their names and affiliations, might end up running in full-page newspaper ads, on TV, on subway billboards ripe for defacing, and on the sides of buses.

WSJ: Urban Gardner: Edging Into the Spotlight With a Blurb in a Movie Ad

Russia's full cooperation with the fight against terrorism has led to the allies believing the time may be ripe for taking a fresh look at the way NATO does business with the former iron curtain superpower.

CNN: Robertson, Powell