The Last Picture Show was a rare example of the right director getting the right material at the right stage in his career.
As it happened, a couple of carrier embryos were at just about the right stage.
To be just at the right stage, the blossom end of the melon should be a trifle soft when pressed with the fingers.
Picked at the right stage, they are a fine article of diet, almost equalling oysters.
They gather great numbers of the plants when just at the right stage, and strip off the leaves, leaving round masses.
How many then can there be in a hive at any one time, in just the right stage of development to receive the fatal chill?
When the female cow-bird is ready to lay her egg, she often has great trouble in discovering a nest at just the right stage.
In the right stage of the weather a pond fires its evening gun with great regularity.
When at the right stage it was broken by a clumsy implement called a "flax brake," which rid the fiber of the woody parts.
If picked at the right stage the jam will be amber colored and firm, and very much nicer than if the fruit is preserved when ripe.
