Word: ought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...payoff of $300, then $150. He struck a $1,500 jackpot. The Electra, meanwhile, had been used on other hops around the West. Another crew was about to fly it out of Las Vegas on Sunday morning when an Eastern Airlines pilot, following the Electra, radioed the tower: "You ought to tell that Lockheed Electra . . . that they oughta look at their No. 1 engine. That thing's smoking a lot and losing some kind of liquid." Replied the tower: "Galaxy 532, did you copy that?" Responded a Galaxy crew member: "Yes, thank you. We didn't get any indication; will...
...name for an old idea. Says he: "These young people have no memory. It is like every 19-year-old thinking he has just discovered sex." Thomas J. Peters, co-author of the best-selling In Search of Excellence, believes Pinchot is on to something. Says he: "People ought to think about this intensely...
...Svetlana thought, had crossed her, she wrote, "I hope she will not be with us too long." To British Author Malcolm Muggeridge, a deeply religious man who had been her host during a brief visit to Britain, she wrote, "You are one of these obsessed, demoniac natures who ought to be avoided at all costs...
...Administration should also match its military option with diplomatic maneuvering to take advantage of its new-found friendship with the Chinese, who ought to be persuaded to drop their support of the Khmer Rouge, a product of their long-standing, virulent hatred of the Vietnamese. Such a move could lead to a new effort at rapprochement with the Vietnamese. They are being bled white by their costly occupation of Cambodia and would likely welcome the chance, on the right terms, to loosen the stranglehold presented by the increasing Soviet military presense in their country. The first step in this diplomatic...
...glad to see someone who's got enough guts to stand up for his rights." The sheriff's actions outraged the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Rev. Joseph Lowery. "When someone sworn to uphold the law raises money to help a lawless individual, somebody ought to check into that," he said. "We want to make a hero out of Goetz, which was made a little easier because the four victims were black. Do we long for the days of Wyatt Earp and Dodge City? That's where we're headed...