Word: ought
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Against Apartheid. The unsolved problem for the churches is the precise way in which this economic power ought to be used as a moral lever in society. One kind of answer was recently suggested by the Protestant biweekly Christianity and Crisis. The magazine withdrew its deposit fund of slightly more than $10,000 from Manhattan's First National City Bank. The gesture of protest was taken because First National City is one of ten U.S. banks in a consortium that provides a $40 million revolving fund to the government of South Africa. In announcing the withdrawal, the editors conceded...
Consolation Oscar. For a little bit of luck, up popped Walt Disney, who wanted Julie to play Mary Poppins and Walton to do the set and costume-design. Julie was dubious. Recalls Julie's pal Carol Burnett: "She asked me, 'Do you think I ought to? Go to work for Walt Disney? The cartoon person?' " Carol assured her that Disney did indeed do other things besides cartoons. Later, Julie got a telephone call from Poppins' author, Pamela Travers. "P. Travers here," said P. Travers briskly. "Speak to me. Can you be tough? Can you be tender...
...size might make a very great difference. But it is also possible that a really sharp increase in teachers' salaries might have even greater effect. I don't know. The point is that in making proposals of this kind, which call for a massive allocation of public funds, we ought to get into the habit of reviewing the research at the outset and stating our case for moving contrariwise if that is our wish. How else is public confidence to be maintained...
...real joke is that suddenly social scientists have decided that the government ought to give them a colossal laboratory -- the military establishment and the attendant Selective Service System. And with pressure for draft reform coming from the most respectable places, they just might...
...think it [the rank issue] ought to be on the docket because it is something that should be discussed," Monro said. "There is quite a lot of frustration in this community about the failure to discuss the matter, and I would feel quite uneasy if people felt that this thing is being suppressed...