Word: ought
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Cabman Hertz retired he interested himself in airplanes, country homes, horses. Racing men recall that last December he rejected the fabulous bid of $1,000,000 for Reigh Count. He said, "I think a fellow who would pay $1,000,000 for a horse ought to have his head examined, and the fellow who turned it down must be absolutely unbalanced" (TIME, Dec. 16). His fortune was garnered both from taxis and a great faith in U. S. common stocks, a faith which remains unshattered...
...definitely what the House Plan is or what it intends, to accomplish; opinions vary widely, and in many cases the most divergent are the ones which would ordinarily be considered the most authoritative. The following estimate of what the House Plan ought to be is based on what the CRIMSON believes to have been the intention of Mr. Lowell and Mr. Harkness...
Said Professor Albert Einstein in a speech with which he opened the seventh German radio exhibition in Berlin: "One ought to be ashamed to make use of the wonders of science embodied in a radio set, the while appreciating them as little as a cow appreciates the botanic marvels in the plants she munches...
...What she ought to do is to go back to Angelus Temple right away and show people that she is all right. She ought to be proud to let them see how much more beautiful she is with her new face lift...
...believe the human soul has a value and that therefore the human being ought to be free. Milton stood out for this philosophy practically at the beginning and is still one of its best exponents...