Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reservations were suggested: 1) that the U. S. "disclaim all responsibility" for the exercise by the Court of its right to give advisory opinions. (This reservation was included to avoid the moral effect of an advisory decision by the Court on such a question, for example, as whether we ought to exclude Japanese immigrants from the U. S.); 2) that in adhering to the Court the U. S. assumes no obligation inconsistent with its rights under the Monroe Doctrine...
...minority report and declaring that the evidence on which the indictment was based was absolutely insufficient. Next day Senator Sterling spoke for a little over three hours, declaring that, whether or not Mr. Wheeler was guilty, the evidence was sufficient to warrant an indictment, and that the Senate ought not to express itself on the subject in a manner which might prejudice Mr. Wheeler's forthcoming trial. Next day another three-hour debate followed, Mr. Sterling alone on his side and subject to the attacks of the combined Democrats who were defending their colleague...
Unmarried and rich, one Joseph Ange Durighello presented to the Louvre his valuable collection of Phoenician vases. Married and poor, M. Durighello asked for the return of the vases. The Louvre authorities were sympathique but thought the Courts ought to decide on the legality of his request. The Court was of the opinion that Joseph had "only loaned them." They are to be returned...
...failure was due to two principal causes: 1) It was radical-mealy-mouthed radical. The chance of a radical paper's success is small. The chance of a mealy-mouthed radical is less. 2) It was owned by 6,000 people. Multiple ownership theoretically has its advantages; it ought, for example to mean reader support. In fact, it does not. The past twelve months has seen the failure of another newspaper?owned by 300,000 people?the New York Leader, a socialist daily taken over principally by the clothing workers of its city. The great newspaper successes in the present...
...turning from reform to letters, the Advocate has been fortunate enough to obtain verses from Mr. Damon and Mr. Hillyer, and a story from Mr. Boyce. Mr. Hillyer's verses ought never to fall of welcome where poetry is loved; Mr. Damon's two contributions are pleasantly and skilfully turned. Mr. Boyce's "The Trail Beyond", a dramatic story on the difficult theme of intense hate, would gain, we feel, from a simpler and more direct treatment. The effort to suggest the vortex of sensations in the hero's mind, sustained as this effort is from beginning to end, cannot...