Word: ought
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Together with Fels Carter, a heavy-handed sophomore, Gay ought to be the chief crowd-getter in the fencing meets. His antics come as close to Douglas Fair-banks...
...symbolizes a cynical attitude in this country toward any overture from Russia. Undoubtedly it is wise to move carefully--to study Stalin's statement thoroughly, in terms of both its phrasing and its timing. But this study should be to determine the nature of the negotiations, not whether they ought to be attempted. So long as there is the slightest glimmer of a possibility that the Russians may be seriously interested in casing the present tension, then they should be given a chance to do so. And certainly such a glimmer exists, at the very least. So let us find...
...selling American Overseas because "the volume of business does not justify the continuation of three competing U.S. carriers on the North Atlantic route." Damon pointed out that none of the three lines lost money on the route last year despite travel restrictions. "Barring an atomic war," said he, "we ought to be able to support more than three carriers as times get more normal...
Pond claimed that his letter had been "misinterpreted" by Jones. He said that the new association is not yet organized, and that his letter contained only "some of the things I felt ought to be discussed...
...Communist party, admittedly, is not going to extend itself to create this atmosphere. It ought to have been surprising to nobody when the Daily Worker called for a pilgrimage of "The Devoted?" to the Federal Courthouse in Foley Square. This particular pilgrimage consisted of somewhere under 500 of the pamphlet passing placard carrying species of Communist. All this comes under the heading of one of the fundamental maxims of the American CP, to wit: "the best way to get a fair trial is to insult the judge...