Word: ought
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Cambridge readers of the New York Times were shocked yesterday to learn that their own McGeorge Bundy had betrayed them. The Times story related how a zealous Bundy had persuaded a reluctant President Kennedy that Harvard diplomas ought to be in English. His shrewd argument--"all students understand English"--was reported to have overcome Kennedy's "traditionalist" objections...
...duplicate the Harvard system merely because it is an easy model to follow. There may be, for example, no reason why the 'Cliffe should re-shape its tutorial system to fit its new House structure--a la Harvard. The 'Cliffe administration may decide that its own Houses and tutorials ought to remain separate, or they may not. Radcliffe can afford to examine Harvard's House system very critically indeed; selecting only what it wants, and experimenting freely where the Harvard model seems irrelevant...
...papers ought not to be denied the chance to doubt that they can. Perhaps the government must continue to tell us lies, but the press cannot be encouraged to suffer the disgrace of believing them in public...
...have a nephew who is attorney general of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," thundered Democratic Majority Leader John McCormack in the U.S. House of Representatives last fortnight. "Not so long ago, a federal judge in Boston threatened him with contempt of court. Well, anyone who declares war on the McCormacks ought to know that a McCormack is always ready to join the issue-and the war is on until peace terms have been offered by the one who declared the war." No sooner had McCormack sat down than Brooklyn Democrat Emanuel Celler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, arose to denounce...
Coach Jack Barnaby's men have defeated Dartmouth, the third contender for Eastern League honors, and Williams, the leading Eastern independent, while the Tigers have been toying with lesser opponents like Army, Georgetown and Middlebury. The match ought to be close and very tough...