Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...direction. A few of the more intelligent paid ten cents and studied on the benches in the subway. Some looked longingly at the Charles, but realized that they had no place in which to take the necessary cleansing shower afterward. Everyone agreed, in Mark Twain's phrase, that something ought to be done about the weather, but no two opinions coincided...
...looking? Of course it's impossible to keep watching them all the time, but there is always the feeling that they are getting into mischief back there. Towards the close of a long examination they start nudging one another and giggling, and disturbing the scholars. There ought to be some-one around to take care of the proctors...
Last January, he had written in the Century: "The politics of the future ought to be simply humanity's technique of bringing the world's knowledge to the service of the world's life." And in the Century for May: "Politics should be the point at which knowledge meets life and becomes socially effective. . . . Theoretically, at least, a state university should be the rallying ground and repository for the knowledge needed for the wise management of the life of the state...
...McGowan also read a Supreme Court decision to the effect that Congress was presumed to know the rules of grammar. This inspired Chairman Sinnott to remark (not for the record) : "We ought to give this Judge a raise in salary...
...offering to marry the woman whom the court thought too soiled even to take an oath on the Bible, he carried the audience breathlessly along with him. The play is labelled "A Religious Tract in Dramatic Form", but although the description is just enough, it ought not to be allowed to prejudice anyone. The "religious tract" is a rare combination of uproarious wit, and preaching which is sometimes in deadly earnest, sometimes more than half in jest, and sometimes you can't quite be sure which. It is sufficient praise to the Copley players to add that such a piece...