Word: ought
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...songs ". . . beautifully in tune . . . and with very nice expression. Only where ... it goes down to D and then comes up again . . . she sang D-sharp each time; and because the first two times I gave her the note, the last time, sure enough, she sang D-where it ought to have been D-sharp. But except for this ... it was really charming...
...excess-profits tax ought to be abolished, the tax laws altered so that there would not be any disadvantage in equity financing; social-security taxes should be kept down to a level where they would balance outgo...
...Hayek tries to show that the economic system can and ought to be separated from political domination, and that only an economic system of laissez-faire is worth having. Perhaps the book's chief fallacy, though it's only one example of sheer nonsense out of hundreds, is that Nazism was the fruit of socialism, which is the craziest perversion I've ever come across...
Permit me to express the profound appreciation which I am sure is entertained by thousands of other TIME readers and subscribers for the lucid and concise report of the victory in Europe [TIME, May 14]. It is so utterly articulate that it ought to be made required reading for every school boy and girl studying the present period of world history now and in future years...
...more of a personality than ever, It also has Avon Long (Porgy & Bess) who darts and dances like a salamander with a sense of style. It has attractive girls, gay and colorful sets, brilliantly gaudy costumes, hot dance routines. There is plenty of fizz in Memphis Bound, but it ought to be better bottled...