Word: ought
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this doubtless is the reason of those lapses and that melancholy despair which we see in many wedded persons, though they understand it not, or pretend other causes because they know no remedy; and is of extreme danger. Therefore when human frailty surcharged is at such a loss, charity ought to venture much and use bold physic, lest an over-tossed faith endanger to shipwreck...
...invited to the reception as well as the ceremony. As the pre-wedding activities escalated, the White House requested that some of the parties, showers and receptions for the bride be canceled because the "wedding was becoming more of a spectacular than Mrs. Johnson and Luci feel it ought...
While the crush is worst at Yosemite, other national parks are feeling the pressure. Wyoming's Yellowstone ought to be able to handle its more than 2,000,000 annual visitors without crowding. After all, it's the biggest park in the system, with 3,400 square miles-almost triple the size of Yosemite. Yet most of the campers are determined to set up at Old Faithful, and the experience of Navy Chief Harold Loveless is typical: "We moved into an empty campsite, and within 15 minutes we were surrounded by campers, all doubling up on the same...
...kings. Church historians concede that such annulments were often granted on tenuous grounds, and that the current strict attitude to divorce did not begin to take shape until the 12th century. Lepp concludes that the church, even while holding fast to its belief in the sanctity of marriage, ought to be less rigoristic about divorced Catholics who wed a second time...
...Denmark, which wags have described as a constitutional monarchy in which the legislative power rests with the Parliament and the executive power with the breweries, the government goes along with the split. It ought to. Danish beer is taxed at home more heavily than any other beer in Europe, and last year, before the profits were divided, the government took its own share of $90 million. Above all, the friendly competition has helped Carlsberg and Tuborg build up the exports that the country vitally needs...