Word: ought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...store windows of Los Angeles, gathering place of the world's aspiring peoples, the signs today ought to read, "English spoken here." Supermarket price tags are often written in Korean, restaurant menus in Chinese, employment-office signs in Spanish. In the new city of dreams, where gold can be earned if not found on the sidewalk, there are laborers and businessmen who have lived five, ten, 20 years in America without learning to speak English. English is not the common denominator for many of these new Americans. Disturbingly, some of them insist it need...
...ought to be, having spent three years mastering the finicky Canadian-built contraption. In long sessions with the builders, she even helped work out corrective procedures in case of a breakdown. One reason Ride won a seat on the flight is that she and another crewmate, Mission Specialist John Fabian, 44, are NASA's premier operators of the arm. Says Abbey: "She and Fabian are probably equally good...
...Commencement would never be scheduled on Christmas," Strauss said. "It ought not be scheduled on Shavuos." He added that as many as 25 people may skip next year's graduation...
...Harvard and eventually leaves school. While the film clearly exposes some of the pressures on Blacks at Harvard, says Hudlin, many Black viewers, especially those who have "made it," were appalled, "There was a real feeling of Hey, why are you showing our ass" Some Black people feel we ought to be presenting only positive images of Black--Black people making it getting ahead," says Hudlin...
...Derck Bok has made a difference. If there's a Hall of Fame for college presidents, he ought...