Word: ought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...always been the primary focus of Harvard activists. Thousands of hours of work have gone toward educating people about divestment and planning demonstrations and rallies. Education has been valuable: the majority of students on campus support divestment. But further education is not going to change University policy. Educational activities ought to be geared toward generating support for the African National Congress (ANC), the South West African Peoples Organization and a variety of other resistance groups that are little known and oft misunderstood in the United States...
...held in early September may have been somewhat pretentious and glitzy, but at least most of the events and symposia were free. The economic exclusivity of the ball, what one student called, "a final club event in the yard," reflects the lack of planning and democratic student input that ought to go into all aspects of undergraduate life...
...grandma turns quickly into a cloying paragon of hip, enlightened '80s attitudes. When her mother (Elaine Stritch) sneaks into the closet for a smoke, Ellen admonishes, "You've read the Surgeon % General's report." When the family dog is about to have puppies, Ellen argues that her young grandson ought to be allowed to watch the event. And when one of her students wavers in motivation, she tries to encourage him by citing Bruce Springsteen. The Ellen Burstyn Show begs to be hugged but is easily resistible...
...book filled with such inveterate egotists as the Carver clan ought not to be much fun. Yet A Summons to Memphis radiates tolerant good humor. For all of Phillip's flaws, he is a keen observer, witty monologist and an adept at anecdotes. He recalls, for example, the fate of another old Memphis widower who attempted to take a second wife: "When Mr. Joel's intention to remarry was made manifest he was actually hauled into court by his own children. (His sons were all lawyers, unhappily for him.) And there in court . . . Mr. Joel's sons had their father...
...Ellington aptly called them, Queenie Pie has the authentic sass and soul of black America. This is what really happened to Bess after she left Catfish Row. Following its three-week run in Philadelphia, Queenie Pie moves to Washington's Kennedy Center for a month. After that, there ought to be a boat that is leaving for New York City. Are you listening, Broadway...