Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Johnson's concrete proposals are: 1) that there ought to be Presidential preference primaries in all states; 2) that we ought to establish no connections with the League of Nations or its subsidiaries...
Another set of statistics has been furnished by Secretary Mellon in answer to the argument of the radicals who say that by lowering the surtaxes 23,000 millionaires will be relieved of taxes that they ought to bear. Mr Mellon's figures show how high surtaxes drive people with large incomes to invest their capital in tax-exempt securities and so actually reduce the income tax revenue from large incomes. The figures are for incomes over...
...speaking of his acts Bishop Blake said: " I think we ought to sacrifice our denominationalism to save religion in Russia. Methodism holds the destiny of Russia in its hands...
...only difficulty foreseen by prominent educators is that "politics might creep in." It is feared that the Department of Education will not remain purely advisory, like the Department of Agriculture, but will attempt to interfere in local enterprises, or at least force uniform policies upon institutions and systems which ought to be free. Propaganda again! With all the advantages which there would certainly be in centralization, there might indeed be grave disadvantages. Municipal politics have ruined the school system of more than one city...
...divorced of practically twelve thousand dollars in income tax due on capitol collected for illicit oil speculation. And Washington made known that similar steps are about to be taken against a bootleg ring which has obstinately kept its returns close. If this raid is successful the plum which falls ought to be large enough to pay for a soldiers bonus and deepen every indentation on the Atlantic Coast...