Word: ought
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Before even the debate got to the public the Justices took it up between themselves. Said Mr. Justice Stone in a minority decision, highly critical of his colleagues' majority opinion: "The power of courts to declare a statute unconstitutional is subject to two guiding principles of decision which ought never to be absent from judicial consciousness. One is that courts are concerned only with the power to enact statutes, not with their wisdom. The other is that while unconstitutional exercise of power by the executive and legislative branches of the Government is subject to judicial restraint, the only check...
...hands full, but Coach Harry Ulen expects a creditable showing from his team. Bob Rutier, such more freestyle star, will force Chreodowell to the limit. Ulen thinks, while Graham Cammiags, an- other Sophomore, and Captain Bob Fisher should do well in the back stroke. Bud Fits and Buddy Merriam ought to win the diving events, even though they will be pitted against Ray Lacombe, New England low board champion...
...seen both the Harvard Varsity and Freshman squads in practice at the Garden. While admitting that there can be little comparison between the 80,000 Americans and the 3,000,000 Canadians who play hockey, Shore feels that there are plenty of Americans, among them certain Harvard pucksters, who "ought to make good if given a chance...
...McDonald, "is in conformity with the definition of the law given by Alfred Rosenberg . . .: 'Law is what the "Aryan" man deems to be right; legal wrong is what he rejects.' " By this arrangement of German Justice, a situation is created which soft-spoken James Grover McDonald feels ought to cause the Great Powers to deal with Germany in a manner "friendly but firm...
...home, even if you had two mortgages on it and could not pay the back taxes. Mrs. Hoe thought the niggardly pay she earned in a department store gave her the right to buy (on the installment plan) all sorts of luxury-conveniences. Their children thought that somehow there ought to be money enough to pay for their chosen careers: Dallas wanted to be a lawyer, Sythia a famed dancer, Darthula a rich man's wife. None of them would face the fact that they were living hopelessly beyond their income...