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Word: ought (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think the school tries to produce students that have a level of competency, but you ought to be more than competent--you ought to be poetic," says fourth-semester architecture student Jonathan Marvel. "The school tries to do everything, and in doing so I think it loses a lot in the field of theory...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: On Academics: Students, Architects Express Ambivalence | 4/25/1984 | See Source »

...Third World problems suggested by Bauer represents a unique vision of less developed nations. While most development thinkers regard the effects of economic relations between rich and poor nations as a mixed bag, Bauer views the role of trade through rose-colored glasses. For him, the Third World ought to be thankful for the role the West has played in pulling it out of the stone age. He dismisses foreign aid by rich nations as guilt offerings for a crime they did not commit, and characterizes Third World groups generally as parasites organized to such dry their former colonial masters...

Author: By Gilad Y. Ohana, | Title: The Joy of Capitalism | 4/25/1984 | See Source »

Certainly the oldtimers ought to make yesterday's opposition look like the 15 Stooges. Harvard struck for three goals in the game's first five minutes, and then settled into shooting practice on Big Red netminder Suzanne Hsiskin...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Conjuring Up Some Ol' Memories | 4/21/1984 | See Source »

...points highly effective, it often makes the film seem nothing more than a piece of art for art's sake. That Le Bal is, both conceptually and visually, a work of art is unquestionable. That its artistic value alone merits two hours of screen time for what ought to have been a 30-minute production is something only each individual can determine...

Author: By David H. P. pick, | Title: Quiet on the Set | 4/20/1984 | See Source »

...charismatic team, be it is baseball or box lacrosse, can pull a city or a region together in shared suffering and joy. Part of a New Englander's character is the wary pessimism engendered by watching too many talented Red Sox teams crumple in September. The words "No Pitching' ought to be carved on every Sox fan's tombstone. When the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series in 1979, it was exciting to watch the largely whit, working-class city embrace its largely Black and Hispanic team while the stadium speakers blasted the Pirates' theme song. "We Are Family...

Author: By Theodore P. Friend, | Title: Anytown, U.S.A. | 4/19/1984 | See Source »

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