Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...leave to the monarch the invidious and dangerous task of being the guardian. . . . Looking ahead, however, one of two things may have to be done. The present maximum life of the House of Commons is five years. Shall we be driven to fix a minimum? If we were it ought not to be more than three years. As an alternative, could the House of Commons be made to decide its own dissolution within the maximum period fixed? There are objections to both methods...
...trouble of a general election unless there are good reasons for it. The idea that the Prime Minister can go to the King just when it suits himself, and, within a short time after an election, ask for dissolution is absurd. Mr. Baldwin's experience ought to have settled that...
...disputed by judicial and academic authorities. In winning the decision, Stoffer and Miller stressed chiefly the points that the injury to the complainant was not irreparable, that the difference of jurisdiction were hard to overcome, and that even if there were jurisdiction, under such circumstances a court of equity ought not to exercise...
...have their compensatory values. For instance, it is terrible to think how American Colleges would be depleted in numbers, were there no notes available. Furthermore, notes probably do help a not inconsiderable number forth into the world at something above the moron stage. It is therefore questionable whether notes ought to be done away with...
Alexander Woollcott: "To the cautious playgoer craving advice as to whether he ought to put it on his list, one can only say that it wouldn't hurt him any and that he might find it quite entertaining...