Word: ought
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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According to those who were there, Che started off with a smiling crack about the abortive, U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion. He really ought to thank the U.S., said Che, because it gave Castro the victory he needed to achieve world prestige. Answered Goodwin: It was too bad Castro had not followed it up by an attack on the U.S. Guantánamo Naval Base. Che replied that under no circumstances would Cuba attack...
...time she moved to Biot, she had a philosophy about her craft that would make a Cartier or Tiffany wince: "Diamonds have a killing effect on women; you can see the diamonds but not the woman. Good jewelry should have the opposite effect. It ought to remind one of a woman's beauty." She hated the idea of working for rich women who treated jewelry "as an investment or as a sign of their husbands' fortunes...
...reference to your remarks on President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia [July 28] "that the West would never look at him with the same confidence again": I feel I ought to put the record straight that if France refuses to quit Bizerte and the U.S. is content enough to only issue statements of regret, then not only Mr. Bourguiba and the Tunisian people but the Afro-Asian countries as a whole will lose confidence in the West...
...assembled workers why, if they had complaints, they did not use the officially provided complaint book. "Sure," came a sneering voice, "it's always full, but no one ever reads it." Out in the potato country, Central Committee Functionary Bruno Wagner was told flatly by a farmer: "One ought to listen more to the West." Refugees arriving in West Berlin said that lesser party hacks were unwittingly contributing to the exodus by boasting ominously that all exit routes to the West would soon be sealed off. Among the 150,000 refugees so far this year were over 500 doctors...
...trance," I think Ayub wishes that Nehru were in a trance. If there is anyone for restoring peace, freedom and unity in India, it is Nehru. If there is anyone who has stimulated the Indian people for economic growth, it is Nehru. Being an Indian, I ought to know...