Word: ought
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TIME has given me a good introduction to the work of a man whom I knew I ought to know. For this, thank you. Toward the end of the review a lyric is quoted, The dove descending . . . which strikes me hard with pleasure in the poetry and in the impact of the thought...
...Franco's Axis-timed request that aerial bombardment should be "humanized," Laborite Lord Winster publicly responded: "General Franco has been kind enough to suggest that we should be thinking about peace and ought to stop bombing, which is repugnant to his gentle soul. We remember, of course, how his humanity was stirred when Germany and Italy bombed Guernica and other Spanish cities. ... It is kind of General Franco to spare time from his preoccupation as a ruler of the most backward, derelict, poverty-stricken, starving, illiterate, reactionary country in Europe to tell us how to manage our affairs. This...
Anent "Drugs Without Soda" (TIME, May 17) TIME ought to know that, in New Orleans, the business of the late Max Samson continues for 70 unbroken years at the same location, with prescriptions filled totaling 1,500,000. No soda fountain or tobacco stand mars the expanse of the 100-year-old hand-carved mahogany fixtures...
...third attitude in need of clarification concerns Great Britain. A frequent U.S. alternative to isolation is the all-too-obvious feeling: "Let's get in there and show those Limeys how things really ought to done"; usually accompanied by the corollary: "They're not very strong, but watch out for their tricks." It is, in economic terms, a parallel to the military attitude of Germans toward the British. It spells a sense of inferiority and perhaps guilt. For the benefit of a community leading citizens need to cooperate equably and equitably, not to engage in destructive rivalry...
Britain (a highly placed official): "It ought to dispel the fears of elderly maiden aunts everywhere." The Labor Party's orthodox trade unionists said it would not affect the opposition to a request from the British Communist Party for affiliation...