Word: ought
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Senator Bridges: I feel that my committee [Appropriations] ought to see for itself first...
...Paris sewers, tells Miss Garson that her husband (Mr. Mitchum) died before his eyes, as a prisoner of war in Germany. Since the audience knows that Mr. Hart knows that Mr. Mitchum is alive, it is clear that he desires Miss Garson more than he ought. Believing his story, and tired of "waiting" (a word used in this film as a ten-ton synonym for celibacy), Miss Garson somewhat disconsolately, but uncensorably, starts desiring Hart...
...feel the contributions ought to be voluntary," Bingham says, "and therefore we are not adding a percentage to the tickets as is being done at some athletic contests. In other Olympic games this has worked quite satisfactorily; in fact we had contributed $1000 to the 1940 Olympic preliminaries before the games were officially called...
Harlow had good news in the afternoon's drill, for the A squad performed smoothly despite continuing bruises from the B.U., encounter. "The team looked better than I expected," said Harlow. "They're still very tired--stiff and sore--but we ought to be able to get back to full-speed practices by tomorrow...
...Clyde B. Aitchison of the .Interstate Commerce Commission wryly suggested that witnesses before the commission ought to take the following oath: "I swear that what I am about to read has been faithfully and truthfully prepared for me by my attorneys...