Word: ought
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When it comes to the size of his portions, the avid French gourmet usually avoids the gargantuan in favor of the petit. The merest taste of his favorite cuisine, he reasons, ought to be sufficient. No more. Last week French chefs banded together to challenge the world record for the longest buffet. The result of their labors: an 846-ft. table filled with an appetizing array of food. The creation was unveiled during a Mardi Gras celebration at the World Tourism and Travel Show in Paris and offered dishes representing all the departments of France, including the Indian Ocean island...
Although we were disappointed, we could see that the Federal Government was right. Only older people, like Congressmen and mothers, have enough sense to know that highway bloodbaths aren't a good thing. We ought to be grateful. "Thank you, Federal Government!" we cried, cheering up. "You've saved us from our statistical predisposition to roadside mortality...
...length of fall reading period should not be a question of how the calendar happens to fall. It ought to have a set minimum length--14 days--and should not be arbitrarily sliced in the interest of expedient scheduling. The calendar must be worked around reading period and not vice-versa...
...struck me there ought to be more discussion [at the College] about science and technology. We have a wonderful facility," Epps said...
...second point. Is it your contention that the United States ought to have no normal economic or diplomatic relations with authoritarian or dictatorial regimes? This policy was applied to China for 25 years and is still being applied to Cuba. Do you approve of the result? Would you recommend applying this policy to the Soviet Union? Of course not. Such sanctions work only when there is a genuine chance of changing a nation's form of government from dictatorial to democratic. By the nature of things, there has to be popular support for such a change. Where the existing dictatorial...