Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Such a system ought to work to the advantage of any inexperienced men who came out for rowing this spring. Crew is a sport in which the man who has never rowed before should concede no advantage to the veteran. Many specific incidents could be cited of men who had never rowed before coming to college making University crews. Any inexperienced oarsman will be welcomed at the Boathouse this spring. Under the system outlined above, such men will be insured of all possible opportunity to make good in rowing. The coaches will watch them as carefully as the veterans...
...Wolrd then goes on to say that the sums of money spent on athletic contests and their incident banquets are so large that the scheme ought to present no financial difficulties. A Harvard undergraduate writer of the time asks why the project might not be carried out, and baseball and boating still continue as before...
...approaching minions of the law and in their terror rush to confess. The imaginative are reminded of tortured spirits to whom death has not meant peace The nervous fidget. Proctors who are in the habit of taking their morning constitutional in the aisles of the examination room ought to be reminded that many men are faced by a blue book and a set of questions are apt to be somewhat anxious, are often feverishly imaginative, and are even inclined on occasion to feel a distinct sensation of guilt. No doubt these apostles of individual meditation have the friendliest of intentions...
...first act doesn't prove a great deal. There is one song however, which ought to be given a Pulitzer prize for something or other. Dorothy wilkins, as the opera singer, and John Law take care of it in great shape. It is a splendid burlesque of the thrills of a Galli-Curoi redeal record, turning them into practical giggles and sly little snickers. The lyric fits so whimsically and attractively into these thrills that the song is excellent...
...sway Empires. A whisper in the right ear at the right time has always been much more effective than mountains of resolutions and cohorts of deputations. Publicity where an appointment is concerned is nearly always fatal. The ladies who want things done at Geneva ought to be reminded that a woman can sometimes succeed when she is inconsistent but hardly ever when she is unsubtle...