Word: ought
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Trouble in the Ranks. New York's violently pro-Administration PM reported: "The most ardent New Dealers were openly discussing with one another whether they ought to support President Roosevelt for renomination...
...with disorderly conduct. He protested that they had all piled into his hotel room crying "Where's the woman?" while he was bare as a babe. There was no woman, he said, and besides they had carried off a house dress he happened to have around. "You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves," snapped the judge. "Get out of here; get into the war effort...
...right here in our own ball park. And what about Merv Lysing on the sax? Minnesota sure lost a good bet when he went to Harvard here. And the rhythm section only two pieces, but man, they are pulenty sufficient for anybody's dance floor. You really ought to drop around and hear that guy Gelnett from Company B play that guilar. Doggon'--when he teams up with "Keys" Davis of Co. C, why the outfit is really complete...
...door by leathery, six-foot Sheriff Bill Richardson, a bolstered .45 gun on his hip, a tommy gun cradled in his arm. To demands for "that nigger raper" Sheriff Richardson replied: "I haven't any such man. . . . Now get back to building ships where you ought to be." The crowd drifted away. Beaumont counted the riot toll: 1 dead white man; 1 dead Negro, 50 treated for injuries, 100 arrested...
General Lee was on hand for the windup, satisfied with the show. His verdict: There are still some loose ends to pick up during these maneuvers. After that the outfit ought to be in fighting trim...