Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Such unwarranted favoritism must impress those Phi Beta Kappa men to whom the principle of equal opportunity appeals with the feeling that disparity of this kind is both gross and unfair. Surely, they say, an intellectual society ought not to be subjugated to such humiliation nor be so undervalued. Fortunately, as the hero of this incident points out, for every problem there is a solution. In order that Phi Beta Kappa may enjoy equally with other organizations the respect of the law, let the first forty policemen of every city be elected to membership. Immediately a brotherly affection will spring...
Every one then sinks back and says, "They ought not to have tried that." If the quarterback could hear the graduates' do-or-die backing of their team at this juncture he would trot into the locker building then and there...
...nothing else, is at least a producer How many hours a day do we actually work--if mastering usless data that we take care to forget as quickly as possible can be called work? And how do most of us spend our leisure time which the working youth ought to consecrate to the noble task of furthering civilization? In proportion, just about the same way as he,--in pool rooms, lounging about town (we have the hotel instead of the street corner), at the stage door (we can aim higher), jawing to each other about everything natural to young barbarians...
...night's Miniature Washington Conference, therefore, is of particular interest. If the conference is to be a complete success, all kinds and shades of opinion ought to be heard. There is a resolution to be voted upon, which means that the larger the number of voters, the more representative the verdict--the more truly it can be said to indicate. Harvard opinion. Outsiders will consider the vote officially Harvard's no matter how representative it really...
...have had a discouraging effect, and made many people sceptical about the results of the conference. But this sound, clear-cut proposition to reduce and limit navies, in every way practical without losing sight of the ideal, has set minds at rest and brought a wave of optimism which ought to be strong enough of itself to assure ultimate success. Now that the nation sees the possibilities, it will not be content with half-way measures...