Word: ought
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...between New Orleans and Atlanta when his ship bored into a cloud bank near Mobile, Ala. Suddenly, he said, the Akron loomed dead ahead of him. He "punched the plane into a sharp wingover at 120 m. p. h. and came out underneath the dirigible." Said he: "The dirigible ought to be painted red. I didn't think anybody else would be up in that weather, and I was looking for airports, not dirigibles...
...Crimson hoopsters played well, but were clearly outclassed by the Green five, which ought to end its season well up among the Eastern teams...
...about the issues before them. In the present case the leaders of Congress definitely gave their consent before the President declared the moratorium. Any way, the choice was simply between remitting payments willingly or having them defaulted. Instead of false regard for its own dignity, congress ought to face the living issue. At present its dilateriness and petty bickerings conceal the President's failure to prepare for the coming crisis...
...with the moratorium immediately after it was proclaimed, the desk would now be clear for more pressing business. It may be said that it is not in the power of Congress to convene itself. But in view of the traditional reluctance of Presidents to calling special sessions, the decision ought not to be left to them. Convocation should be the automatic result of any measure demanding the approval of Congress. Such an arrangement would at least partly relieve a grave defect in our government...
Informally has been hailed as the most desirable characteristic of intramural matches. The contests ought, however, to the informal without being desultory. If one House produces half a team for a scheduled game, the game is necessarily cancelled, as a House contest at least. Without a good measure of regularity in the games, interest in them is bound...