Ripley
George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.
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Her Ripley novels featuring the captivating murderer Tom Ripley have also been adapted into movies.
After 1,000 pages, you’ll hunger for more Highsmith | Kathi Wolfe | December 11, 2021 | Washington BladeLike a jumbo version of Ripley’s power loader from Aliens, the Avatel robot allows a single employee to place explosive charges to access to the gold, copper, and iron ore.
The feats of engineering that dazzled us in 2021 | Andrew Rosenblum | December 2, 2021 | Popular-ScienceTaking place after the events of the 1979 cinema classic, Ripley’s daughter takes to the stars chasing rumors of her missing mother.
The scene, Ripley observes, is “like boxers entering a ring for a fight.”
At a Finnish school, Ripley interviews a teacher who articulates this way of thinking.
The difference with Ripley was that she had won and survived.
Ridley Scott Opens Up About 'Prometheus,' Kick-Ass Women, and 'Blade Runner 2' | Marlow Stern | May 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the team that helped Nadia during those first days at Camp Ripley, her case is one they cannot forget.
“She ended up becoming a part of Ripley,” said Capt. Stibral.
Then they had said that the boss stayed up with Mr. Ripley that night until after ten o'clock, and had then gone up to go to bed.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeMr. Ripley says they sat in the lobby until after ten o'clock, and then Mr. Norcross went up to his rooms.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeRipley briefed the general situation as it stood on the night of the engine theft in a few terse sentences.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeI remembered what he had said to Ripley about a woman's giving him germ ideas and such things, and I guess it was really so.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeIn another field, and this time under Ripley's instructions, our ex-cow-punch' had been able to set and bait a trap.
The Wreckers | Francis Lynde
British Dictionary definitions for Ripley
/ (ˈrɪplɪ) /
George . 1802–80, US social reformer and transcendentalist: founder of the Brook Farm experiment in communal living in Massachusetts (1841)
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