Word: ought
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...there were time enough, because he had a way of listening gently." He even listened gently to his wife, the angular daughter of a rural dean, who loved to give the little doctor a piece of her mind. She, alas, did not appreciate his passive qualities, thought he ought to get out and hustle more...
...mirage. The rule appears to be clear--extra-curricular activities connected with the college are barred to students who have not passed the language requirements by the end of their second year--but it is not. There is continually a controversy as to which activities the probation axe ought to fall upon, and many believe that the blew of the axe ought to be postponed for longer than two years. Nevertheless, when it examines the patience with which University Hall treats the deliquents, the Council cannot reasonably ask for less discipline, unless it favors no discipline...
Sympathy for individuals with special grievances ought not to sweep the Council off a firm footing. Though the latest investigation pops gently in cars tuned to cannon-like reports on Tutoring Schools and House Athletics, it shows now alive the body is to the troubles of the undergraduates. The same energy could well be hitched to heavier wagons than language probation...
...fine cooperation of the press in devoting generous space to last year's intellectual convention at Cambridge. An informed guide service would be an excellent method of continuing this appeal to the public. Actual contact with the inner workings of the University, its museums and its lecture halls, ought to stimulate greater interest in higher education and a deeper appreciation of its services. Next summer, as an aftermath of the Tercentenary, there will probably be an unusually large number of visitors in comparison with former normal years, and consequently a greater demand for guides...
Seasoned writers ought to be willing and able to turn trained hands to any literary job; but few can or will. Of this able minority, Robert Graves is an encouraging example. He has written poetry, biography, autobiography, criticism, short stories, historical novels; he has rewritten David Copper field, has done books on the meaning of dreams, the English ballad, the future of swearing. Because his last two books (I, Claudius, Claudius the God) were on Roman history and sold well in England and the U. S., readers might have expected him to follow up his success with more along...