Word: ought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...These [exemption criteria] are policy matters that the City Council ought to be a part of," Duehay told him. "Would you please keep us informed on this evolving saga...
Considering the sentiments of the average citizen, a better translation might be: "The Cubans take American money, so they better be more American or else they ought to get the hell out of our state...
Considering the sentiments of the average citizen, a better translation might be: "The Cubans take American money, so they better be more American or else they ought to get the hell out of our state...
...that the burgeoning population of students from non-English-speaking households, and the teacher's primary task -- to convey knowledge -- can become nearly impossible. "Society has taken the position that teachers ought to succeed with everybody: the economically disadvantaged, racial minorities, the handicapped," says P. Michael Timpane, president of Teachers College at Columbia University. "No one took those issues seriously a generation...
...well as the media would be needed to get the parties and campaigns to agree. An alternative would be for Congress to require participation as a condition for receiving public funds. Since the taxpayers have provided more than $90 million altogether for the Bush and Dukakis campaigns, they ought to have the right to take back more control of the campaign process from the candidates and their marketing managers...