Word: ought
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Castro might be playing another of his vicious little games-possibly putting out another ransom feeler, as he did with the Bay of Pigs prisoners, or possibly laying a trap to lure anti-Castro Cubans into exposing themselves. The U.S. called the offer "vague and ambiguous," said that Castro ought to use diplomatic channels for his offer, then later announced that it would accept any and all refugees if Castro was really serious about it. President Johnson even indicated that he would ask Congress for a $12.6 million appropriation to help get the program underway...
...life. The game had turned his hair grey at 21, and during tournaments he used to lose eight pounds and often chewed his tongue until blood ran. At last, in 1957, after he had won the world championship for the 15th time, a stroke convinced him that he ought to quit...
...band of genuinely old troupers Raymond Walburn (78), Ernest Truex (75), Madge Kennedy (75), and Ethel Griffies (87), plus Ingénue Heidi Murray (17), handle with finesse lines that they ought scarcely to have touched. As Mrs. Lord, Ruth Gordon (69) relies on her trademarks rather than her talents, notably a nasally barbaric yawp of a voice that would have stopped Genghis Khan in his Asiatic steppes. Woman is her lost labor of self-love...
Currently, he is working on the final programming for the Library, Museum, and Institute deciding what will actually go into the buildings. This last stage of programming, which includes a step where Pei will match money against ideas and make sure the two meet, ought to take about three months. Simultaneously, the architect and his staff will begin more detailed studies of the foundations and of specific traffic requirements (how wide the streets should be, how many cars and buses are to be accomodated etc.). This latter step, Pei says, will require consultation with both the University and the city...
...there's no doubt that the Dodgers hitting is about as terrible as you could possibly imagine. Playing in gigantic Chavez Ravine, where singles ought to drop in all over the place, the Dodgers hit .245 as a team only because their three starting pitchers are all above-average hitters...