Word: ought
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...still heads the companies that sell the world these many devices ought to be a multimillionaire, but last week three creditors filed suit to put him in bankruptcy. For, outside of manufacturing, Ben Bendix, now 58, has had reverses since 1929. Among them...
...sociologist feels, as does the Teachers' Union, that the policy concerning appointments ought to be more flexible in regard to salaries and rank. He objects to the automatic increase of salaries for instructors and associate professors, saying, "Instead of this automatic and mechanical increase, a more flexible scale of remuneration, non-Automatic but based on the merit of the instructor or professor, appears to be more advisable...
...statesmen so sure that their cause was just, they were noticeably reluctant to record their votes. Said New Jersey's Eaton: "We ought to stand up and be counted as dignified members of this great body, and not act like a lot of scared cats. . . ." But only 35 wanted a roll-call. In secure anonymity, 237 voted Aye and 95 (who in anonymity could hope to profit nothing) voted No. Then the bill went to the Senate, which can hardly object since the House voted for more Senate clerks...
...leading editorial of today's issue of the Alumni Bulletin, the editors review the tutoring school campaign and in reference to the faculty action of last week prohibiting the employment of students by tutoring schools, state that they feel that the Faculty ought to act further...
...Yale baseball team which will meet the Bellboys will be decided this afternoon in a playoff between Davenport and the Saybrook Seals, a game which ought to favor the visitors' chances by weakening the pitching staff of whichever Blue team wins. Lowell's star pitcher, Dick Storey, will himself probably be unable to complete the whole game, having worked for six innings on Wednesday, and will divide the duties with Wally Liverance...