Word: ought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...people, 'Whom do you want as a leader?' " The Iron Lady, for her part, relishes the fray. "Yes, my style is one of vigorous leadership," she proclaims. "Yes, I do believe in trying to persuade people that the things I believe in are the things they ought to follow. I am what I am, and I am too old to change...
...unique to Sam Shepard, now nearing 40, but weaken the works of oft-called "promising" U.S. playwrights in the same generation. To transform experience into consciousness is what differ entiates art from reportage. It is not enough to leave a theater knowing what we have seen. We ought to leave it knowing more than we knew. Shepard does not really provide that illumination, nor do Lanford Wilson, David Mamet, Albert Innaurato, David Rabe, Thomas Babe, Israel Horovitz, Terrence McNally and Christopher Durang...
Instead, the movie takes off on a more obviously melodramatic course. It brings on the machine's creator, now turned so cynical that he believes mankind ought to get on with its ultimate death-wish drama. Overplayed by an eye-rolling John Wood, this burned-out genius rips the delicate fabric of believability that the picture has woven, turns Coleman's character into an onlooker, and makes David's climactic confrontation with WOPR more silly than suspenseful...
...bargain in good faith. But in the interests of moving the negotiations off dead center the University should be willing to at least offer a proposal for limited public and press participation in the talks. With the help of a recently appointed federal mediator. Bozzotto's and Powers ought to be able to find a reasonable balance between Bozzotto's desire to capitalize on Local 26's community and student support and Posers equally legitimate wish for frank and businesslike discussion Periodic sessions to review negotiating positions and invite public questions for example might be a good idea...
...these plans ignore that in every section, nay on every shelf, useful books and less useful ones are mixed. Relegating an entire section off-campus is just as foolhardy as keeping every section. What Widener ought to be doing is weeding its collection and sending the most severely underutilized books to New England Deposit Library, where they can be retrieved within 48 hours...