Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mayfair patois spoken in England; instead one hears "the language of Broadway". Titled ladies, grown weary of formalisms, delight in this latest vogue. And the new rich are cured of dropping their his only to affect a dialed peculiar to the characters created by Mr. Ring Laidner. There ought, says the patriotic producer...
...Though my health is now restored, I feel that the anxieties and responsibilities of leadership ought not to be undertaken or continued by anyone who can not be reasonably certain that he can stand the strain...
Critics wondered whether the judges had not given Artist Spencer the prize because they thought an American ought to have such financial assistance. Nor would a jury of critics ever have given first place to Ferrazzi's "Horatia and Fabiola"; they would have chosen the obvious and imposing qualities of Mrs. Ernest Prostor's "The Back Bedroom." You can only see a corner of the bedroom. A girl with a primitive face and a fine supple body leans over the back of a chair. The skin has texture; the pose understanding; but over it all, the simplicity...
...general or as thorough facilities for learning languages as does the United States, and perhaps no investment is as valuable in bringing quick returns as knowledge of other languages especially German and Spanish. Yet we are neglecting a basic asset in the commercial world by assuming that our customers ought to come to us and speak our language. --Liberty...
...Crimson showing was a decided improvement over that against Geneva a week ago, and with the return of Captain Coady and a few other veterans the team ought to be further strengthened. An adequate defense against forward passes should raise it to a rank among the formidable aggregations of the east...