Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...united in it and at the close Mr. Bryan lifted up his voice [great applause]?Mr. Bryan lifted up his voice in an invocation for guidance and for divine help in this hour of stress. I do not know that I ought to say these things, but they did occur and so I have come to report to you exactly what happened in that Committee...
...Respectful of the Constitution of which I ought to be the guardian, I shall never exceed the role which it assigns me* . . . . My most ardent desire is with the aid of Parliament and the country to realize the peace founded on justice which both so much desire, and to that end within the measure of the Constitution, I shall place at the service of France, republic and democracy, which I have served during thirty years without weakening, the experience I have gained and my absolute devotion...
...after-dinner speech, the Millionaire Kid, dressed to his name, was reported as having said: "When a guy gets out of de jug, society don't give him a tumble.* Dey rubs de welcome off de mat. Dey tink he ought to be punished all his life. Why, dere was a guy come out of de jug only four days ago wit' ten dollars in his pocket. Nobody gives him a tumble, but he'd been tru' college and been to medical school. I asks him what he wants to do an' he says...
...parrot talk' and the 'mumble mumble' of hostesses. I pointed out that parrots learn words and phrases distinctly at first, but gradually modify them so that they eventually become unintelligible to all except those who hear the parrots speak daily. 'What you ought to aim at,' said I, 'is to speak English that will be intelligible to foreigners. It is not sufficient for us to be intelligible to one another...
...considered impossible to take such a progressive step at present, at least the University authorities ought to be willing to put Princeton men on an equal footing with Yale and Harvard undergraduates. At these institutions, probation is inflicted on a man with the understanding that if by the middle of the term his work has shown improvement, he will be permitted to resume his activities in athletic or non-athletic pursuits. But at Princeton there is no incentive for a man on probation to work, except the threat of expulsion. His disqualification lasts for a whole term...