Word: ought
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nobody can intelligently say what ought to be done who doesn't have all the facts at their command. But if the Hoover facts are accurate and the ships are available I can see no good reason for opposing the plan...
...have failed to appreciate . . . the laudable and sensible attempts of our Sovereign's royal father to spelg the English language as it ought to be spelt. . . . The English language cannot be spelt, because there is no English alphabet. We make shift with a Latin alphabet...
Vorhaus found little case in eating his dinner. "I ought to have a vest that bends, yet can't be pierced. A can of oil would come in handy, too," he concluded. "This thing squeaks something awful...
...Washington's Constitution Mall (TIME, March 24), many a critical connoisseur has looked Philanthropist Mellon's gigantic gift straight in the pink marble mouth. Architects have grumbled that the National Gallery is as massively old-fashioned as Grant's Tomb. Artists complained that the gallery ought to have made some provision for accepting contemporary art. Connoisseurs sniffed that its collection is sadly deficient in French...
...material are characterized by an unusual aesthetic judgment and a fresh intellectual scrutiny. He possesses an extraordinary ability to effect a vital communication in the classroom. He is certainly outstanding among Harvard teachers for his interest in his students' ideas; and a feeling for the true intellectual fellowship which ought to prevail in a university is indicated by his availability and eagerness for friendly discussion outside of class...