Word: ought
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this ought to be possible in the event of a United Nations victory and a realization of world security. But the State Department is yet to be convinced that now is the time to make plans. And London, when it thinks of air routes, should not forget that Singapore became rich and great not because it controlled a trade route, but because it was open to the roaming ships of all peaceful nations...
...about prostitution, the British Government investigated, discovered a vicious increase in venereal diseases, decided the subject needed airing. The austere London Times quoted Sir Wilson Jameson, Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health: "Because of an old tradition of hush-hush, the public does not know what it ought to." Health authorities, said he, are handicapped by "this misguided secrecy...
...Declared Protestantism is not all it ought to be. Said a report on The State of the Church: "It has been slow to reorganize its life to meet new needs. . . . Large sections of the community are outside the direct influence of the Church, particularly those people associated with what is popularly known as the intelligentsia and with organized labor...
Reasons: 1) Tall, dark-haired Founder-President Rollin M. Severance is an earnest Christian and member of the Gideons (famed hotel Bible providers); 2) both President & Mrs. Severance are convinced that Severance Tool has been guided by God's hand, feel that their 600-odd employes ought to join in praise...
Even in those early days Maria's influence was potent. Editors often were told by Sam that "Ria says" this or that ought to be done; they did it. She heard that the outworn U.S.S. Oregon, relic of the Spanish-American War, was to be decommissioned by the Navy. Said she: it ought to be brought to Portland, turned into a shrine. Soon the massive battleship was anchored in the Willamette River in downtown Portland...