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Word: ought (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ClareBoothe Demands Food For Five Small Democracies For Five Small Democracies | 5/16/1941 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Simplified Spelling | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Dons Armor, Gets Ready For Mars Invasion | 5/7/1941 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: On the National Gallery | 5/5/1941 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 5/3/1941 | See Source »

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