Word: ought
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...work will reveal its unsatisfactory position in the college curriculum. For years it has stood in a No Man's Land of its own, beyond the pale of the regular course system, and the most conflicting opinions have been held regarding its exact position there, and the relation it ought to bear to the regular course work. The first essential for the invigoration of the tutorial system is to give it a definite standing, and to resolve the present chaos of opinions regarding it into more exact concepts. There must, in fine, be a clearer understanding of the purposes...
...Lowell: That ought to panic 'em. Do you remember Comstock...
...Lowell: It ought to panic...
Fred Keating, her leading man, walked in the dressing room and he and Miss Williams gazed at Johnny ruefully and decided that he would probably have to be left backstage when the play arrives in New York. "I think we ought to have an overture," exclaimed Mr. Keating, and Miss Williams, who had just asserted that she preferred the legitimate stage to musical comedy, turned around laughing...
Eddie Cantor: Well, it sure ought to panic...