Scottish football clubs were particularly ripe for takeover due to their weak finances and corporate structures.

Chimneys are a particularly ripe area for duping unsuspecting customers, because, after all, most of us know nothing about them.

Of the issues likely to draw serious attention from Congress this year, managed health care would seem to be particularly ripe for action.

But officials are worried because the weather has created conditions that make much of the state particularly ripe for more fires.

Blade started thinking of particularly ripe insults to throw at Jormin.

Japan, with a roughly $4 billion in international calls a year and high rates, is considered particularly ripe for call-back services.

Then the scent of a particularly ripe cesspool floated past her.

Ohio, where the Republicans have been in turmoil, is considered particularly ripe.

But veterans of such affairs said that youngsters like Roberts are particularly ripe to fall as the season wears on.

Q. Are there issues that you think are particularly ripe for bipartisan compromises, including from your end?