Word: ought
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...navy must be kept in far corners of the world that Adolf Hitler is actually demanding naval parity with the force His Majesty's Government can normally deploy in the North Sea. The great thing, many Britons felt, was that a direct and friendly naval pact with Germany ought to go a long way to keep Adolf Hitler from wanting to build a superior navy by stealth and subterfuge in Germany, as he is rapidly building a superior air force...
...down and put a few new coats of paint on her. We might go out to Wyoming to that dude ranch we went to last year. That was good fun and it sure makes you healthy. Dad wants us to go fishing in Canada with him and that ought to be good fun, but we want to be around for the parties on Long Island. We'd like to take a trip out to the coast, sort of bumming along and taking our time. We guess what we'll probably do is go up to the Cape with the family...
...only $51,000,000, with no reason given; 3) TVA wrote off as depreciation 10% of gross sales, or a total of $82,618 whereas Mr. McCarl figured that, even if TVA's low valuation on plant and equipment were accepted, at least $1,000,000 a year ought to be charged for depreciation...
...radio priest's highest-placed Catholic critic. So the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters was well aware what the "dean of the U.S. hierarchy" meant when he addressed their meeting: "There are a million ways in which any citizen of America can voice his views, but it ought to be done with self-respecting honesty and, above all, the proper respect due to superiors. . . . Oftentimes the faith of our good people is tested by those shouters and shriekers who would be much better occupied by bringing peace and concord among the Christian people of the land, and not anarchy...
...random pen-pictures of the city, which are pleasing in their familiarity, without being too cute. The book is no Baedeker, but it will give you an idea of some of the things you may have missed when you were in Paris, or some of the things you ought to look for when...