Word: ought
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...They do not understand why the U.S. contents itself with giving moral backing to the five-power western European military pact. Either America intends to stop Russia from dominating Western Europe, or she does not. If she does, she ought to give full and formal military backing to the five-nations pact at Brussels. She ought to make arrangements for standardization of equipment, for the maintenance of airfields, for the establishment of a joint staff and command...
...reason for our trip was to persuade the planeload of journalists that Americans ought to be better informed about South Africa, it definitely achieved its purpose...
...time when international relations once again smack hellishly of war, and when the field of dynamic political leaders is so sparse, ought we to overlook any presidential candidate on the grounds of small, personal prejudice? Shouldn't we instead study the factual achievements of his case history? If MacArthur pats himself on the back, who knows, we may find he has a right to. It doesn't harm us much, and certainly a timid man won't get far with Russia. Forrest Powers...
...stand around the President like handlers around a prizefighter, sponging his face, kneading his muscles, giving him advice, keeping the noisy crowd off. Sometimes it seems to other members of the Administration that they stand in the way of more important advisers. The President ignored a suggestion that he ought to take some of his key Cabinet members on the Caribbean cruise, took Clifford, Steelman, Connelly, Leahy and Vaughan instead. Truman wanted to relax, and with the boys he can relax. They understand him. He understands them...
When a Manhattan merchant saw Christopher dressed up, he told the Geissmanns they ought to go into business. Last spring, they formed Merry Hull, Inc. (adapted from Mrs. Geissmann's mother's maiden name), installed Bob as president, Gladys as vice president. They raised $170,000 in capital from their savings and friends' subscriptions, got another $80,000 from enthusiastic citizens of Chambersburg, Pa., where the Geissmanns rented two small plants. Last week "Merry Mites," the company's wardrobe of practical clothes for boys up to four, went on sale in five top department stores...