Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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University and Freshman cross-country squads went through a light workout, jogging around the field yesterday afternoon, with several additional candidates present. The Freshman squad, however, is still incomplete, and Coach Farrell declared it to be the smallest Freshman squad to report in late years. He added that there ought to be an abundance of good cross-country material in this year's record entering class, but that unless more Freshman candidates appeared, the 1927 squad will stand little chance of approaching the high standard set by last years, Freshman team...
...Still another man who ought to have been a Republican, but was not, "was the driver of the horse vehicle that took us out to the vast and over-ornate Church-Monastery of San Jerorymos at Belem. Passing a large, grim building, he said: 'The palace of the President of the Republic, once the Royal Palace.' 'Are you glad of the change?' we asked. 'I am not, he said quite positively...
...wage increase, according to the best figures available to me, will add 60¢ a ton to the cost of domestic sizes of anthracite at the mine. Of this amount not less than 10¢ can be and ought to be absorbed by the operators without any increase of price...
...York Times: "The author . . . demonstrates a fondness for split infinitives. . . . Mr. Van Vechten ought to be able to give us a very much better novel than this rather tedious...
...result the Philippine Legislature sitting as the " Independence Commission " passed a resolution saying " this is a national issue, having behind it the unqualified approval and support of the whole people." They demanded the recall of General Wood and declared that the islands ought to have "immediate independence...