Word: ought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...life, now conceivably could be asked to raise their cheers for death." But much black opinion has come down on Goetz's side. Roy Innis, chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, called Goetz "the avenger for all of us" and offered to raise defense money. "Some black man ought to have done what he did long before," said Innis. "I wish it had been me." Innis called for a "volunteer peace officer" force of armed civilians to roam the streets. "After enough criminals get blasted," he said, "they will conclude that crime does...
...said. "Because you are obviously taking the exam under unusually stressful circumstances, I will be giving you only one question to answer--that ought to suffice." He took out four pieces of paper and scribbled something on each one. The roommates smiled happily at each other as the professor walked from corner to corner, distributing the papers face down...
...that keeps up, they ought to start stitching the Crimson's first ever Ivy banner...
Ralph: The idea of all those women's smiles dying unrequited is nauseating, dearest. We've got to get men beaming at full throttle to close that smile gap. Another hour of TV each week for Phil Donahue ought to do the trick...
...majority on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that voted last month to dismiss a libel suit against Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, whose Washington column appears in about 180 newspapers. In his 37-page concurring opinion Bork suggested that the courts ought to be stricter about the rash of libel suits. He did not mention General William Westmoreland's $120 million suit against CBS--in which the general's attorney vows to "dismantle" CBS News--or former Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon's $50 million suit against Time Inc. Bork examined the conflicting rights...