Word: ought
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Courts," he said, "ought not to enter this political thicket." Frankfurter's ad vice was heeded until last year, when the court set forth its historic one-man, one-vote rule for congressional and state legislative elections. Those decisions landed all courts in the thicket - and so thick was the grove that it seemed to many that the Supreme Court was not even trying to pick its way out. Last week the court hardly clarified matters. In four terse de cisions...
...consul was Lucius Aemilius Paulus, speaking to the Roman Senate, which had picked him to lead Rome's legions in the Macedonian war, then heaped criticism upon his conduct of that war. Said Paulus: "I am not one of those who think that commanders ought at no time to receive advice; on the contrary, 1 should deem that man more proud than wise who regulated every proceeding by the standard of his own single judgment...
...Germans have been saying for some time that Bonn ought to ignore its allies, who have not been able to do anything about reunification, and negotiate with Russia directly. The overwhelming West German sentiment is still that the country must stay with the U.S. and in the Western Alliance, but as Germany's frustrations mount, more go-it-alone talk will be heard. Says André François-Poncet, twice (1931-38 and 1949-55) France's Ambassador to Germany: "A country cut in two is monstrous, and as long as Germany is not reunited, there will...
...that "no indictments were returned" as a result of Valachi's testimony and, without mentioning Bobby's name, continued: "I was not in favor of the release of Valachi's testimony because I felt if there was any merit to what he had to say it ought to be run down and tried in court. My feeling in approaching the criminal problem has been not to do any talking of what you will do or what you have until you can make an arrest...
...shame, Scotland Yard! Nobody in England ought to be able to get away with kidnaping toffs, and they certainly shouldn't be able to keep the victim stashed away for four whole years. The caper involved the Dulce of Wellington, stolen by a slick artnaper from London's National Gallery in 1961 just after the British government had spent $392,000 to buy the Goya masterpiece back from U.S. Oilman Charles B. Wrightsman. While sleuths looked high and low, the thief sent ransom notes, first demanding full value, then offering to settle for $140,000. "When the fuss...