Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...railrods ought to be and are, the great stabilizing influence in times of industrial stress", declared Mr. Walker D. Hines in a lecture given to members of the University in Emerson Hall last night. Mr. Hines was Director General of Railroads in the United States Railroad Administration during the war, and is the author of numerous pamphlets and articles on governmental and railroad problems, especially those relating to government ownership and control of the railroads...
...need of service of high idealism and in that service in peace time the college man has not done the part he should. We are all of us educated more or less by the public; that is, our tuition does not pay the cost of our education. We ought to repay this to the State by giving it a special service...
Professor Santayana's recently published "Soliloquies in England" (Scribner) ought to attract Harvard men--particularly those who remember the criticism of undergraduate life which this author made in his "Character and Opinion in the United States...
...favor of immediate ratification. The farmers want the army and navy appropriations slashed, because when this bill has been paid no money remains for purposes that are vital to their welfare. The workers want the army and navy appropriations slashed for the same reason. A great nation like ours ought to be able in times of national unemployment to build necessary roads, canals and public buildings, and our Army and Navy so cramp us that we can do none of these things. Business men want the army and navy appropriations slashed, because taxes are sucking the life-blood...
...contestant ought to decide, at the very beginning, that he will give to the competition the maximum of effort and attention. For him to give less is an injustice to the CRIMSON and even more of an injustice to himself...