Word: ought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even no propensity had ever discovered itself in the Legislative body to invade the rights of the Executive, the rules of just reasoning. . . would of themselves teach us that the one ought not to be left at the mercy of the other...
...meetings with close aides, Kennedy used profanity, which his library archivists did not delete. He occasionally exclaimed, "Christ!" or "God!" Like most Presidents, J.F.K. was keenly concerned about press play. He suggested to aides that maybe they ought to "knock down" an unfavorable story by the New York Times's James Reston, adding, "That's just kicking that Reston right in the balls...
...today are caught between market research and their creative instincts. The trouble is, we don't have a choice. Non-design is also a form of design." If the future is not what it used to be, perhaps next year's Aspen conference should consider what it ought...
...Susie; an analyst; the family doctor and his wife; a funeral director; and, of course, Sam (Baritone Chester Ludgin). Balanchine's famous dictum that there are no mothers-in-law in ballet may not quite apply to opera, which is not mute, but the common sense behind it ought to be respected. A Quiet Place is too heavily populated, its relationships obscured by a wordy, awkward book that sinks whatever chance the opera had of being truly satisfying...
...bleachers while a panel of teachers and politicians discussed the quality of education. One shirtsleeved speaker, however, held the audience rapt. "I just have a feeling that maybe the generation that went through the Great Depression and the great war, World War II, maybe we thought we ought to make things easier for our children," mused the President. "Maybe we're partly responsible for what has happened." Ronald Reagan's main message to the forum in Hopkins, Minn., sponsored by his National Commission on Excellence in Education (N.C.E.E.), which was appointed by Secretary of Education Terrel Bell...