Word: ought
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...never missed it," he says. "The whole human condition is slavery, and self-liberation is that little flash in the darkness for the individual." That attitude is about all that Fowles' novels have in common. "In modern art we ought to get used to the idea that the world of the imagination is a kind of landscape in which a writer can go wherever he likes." Among future excursions Fowles is planning: a novel of Nabokovian linguistic experiment and two "entertainments"-a detective thriller and a science-fiction story...
...nationwide Moratorium has come and gone, with its excellent emphasis on peace. But one wonders why so many people only protested the U.S. involvement yet said not a whisper about Hanoi's atrocities past or present. Maybe, in order to balance the books a bit, there ought to be a second Moratorium Day showing support for this nation's attempts to secure an honorable and just peace...
...Muses Rachel: "Do I see myself living with Katie the rest of my life? Off and on, yes. I will probably date, because it's nice to get involved with other people, but that's difficult to work out. I certainly don't think our relationship ought to be exclusive. All I know is that life ought to be loving...
...First, because the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 commands such a ban-and Snarr stoutly insists that "when a law is enacted, it ought to be implemented." Second, if the law is ever funded, all billboard men who are put out of business by the act will be compensated-to the tune of $3 million in Snarr's case. A fervent capitalist, Snarr would like to start again, maybe in restaurants...
...William H. Timbers of the federal district court in New Haven. He rejected the trustbusters' argument that economic concentration is illegal under the Clayton Antitrust Act. Timbers ruled that the law bars only mergers that lessen competition and said that if the standard is to be changed, it ought to be done by Congress rather than the courts. Attorney General John Mitchell finds alarming the fact that the 200 largest U.S. companies control 58% of the manufacturing assets, compared with...