Word: ought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...follow that progression, Harvard Coach Jape Shattuck jokes, this year the Crimson ought to finish first...
...Brenston's Rocket "88"and a Johnny Mercer-Nat King Cole collaboration called Save the Bones for Henry Jones ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat). This book is so sharp about the music, and so tantalizing about some of the obscure material, that it really ought to have come packaged with a set of twelve records. Which way to the vaults...
...overpopulation is to blame for Mexico City's smog, traffic jams, slums and even rats. The U.S., with 1.8 children per woman of child-bearing age, over-the-counter contraceptives and abortion on demand, has those same problems. We ought to put our own house in order before entering the bedrooms of the Third World...
...hostess sighs. "I never thought I'd be carrying menus at 35." And then, "What do you think I ought to wear when he comes back to get the money?" -By Jane O'Reilly
...theory, bankruptcy, like unemployment, ought to be impossible in a Communist country, where the means of production are controlled by the state. But Hungary has been tampering with Marxist economic dogma since 1968, and it now permits the existence of privately run restaurants and other small businesses. In April, further reforms were approved to make Hungarian products more competitive in Western markets...