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Word: ought (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...inventions and apply them to practical use for the future. The next war will be totally unlike the last. Small field guns, toy cannons and pistol markmanship will be utterly useless, and the teaching of these subjects occupies more time in a valuable college curriculum than the average student ought to spend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BURLESQUE OF SCIENCE | 11/4/1936 | See Source »

Ararat Cafe--You ought to try this place. It's different and stands among the highest for food and service...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swinging Around the Downtown Loop | 10/30/1936 | See Source »

...Allen White, an original Landonite, Nominee Roosevelt beamed down from his rear platform at the crowd, remarked: "I don't see Bill White. I wish he were here. I've known Bill for a great many years, and he is a very good friend of mine. I ought to qualify that and say he's a very good friend of mine for three-and-a-half out of every four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Prosperity Rampant | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

Someone has complained that foreign correspondents ought to stick to "personal histories" and non-fiction instead of messing around in a game that belongs to professional novelists. If all foreign correspondents could write as good a novel as "Sanfelice," I shouldn't agree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

...these specialties ought perhaps to be considered merely as an example of the variety which 14 student leaders and three alumni have to offer the prospective hostess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snakes, Mohammed, and Music some Of Entertainment Bureau's Offerings | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

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