Word: ought
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been convinced that only the promise of success will buoy us up from the murky depths of the real world. Achievement got us here, achievement sustained our identities here, so why shouldn't achievement remain the hallmark of our post-Harvard lives? As long as people feel they ought to become a doctor, district attorney or corporate raider (i.e., "viable future donor") when they leave this ivory tower, you can be sure the development office will be smiling all the way to the bank...
That is the high-sounding euphemism that New York's Finest use for their ingrained habit of refusing to "rat" about misconduct by fellow officers. They ought to call it just obstruction of justice, so ruthlessly enforced by ostracism and even bodily harm that only a few officers have the guts and integrity to break ranks when misconduct occurs. But the assault on Louima was so savage that Volpe's fellow cops could not tolerate it. Detective Eric Turetzky testified that he saw Volpe lead Louima, in handcuffs and with his pants around his ankles, away from the bathroom area...
...herself and making up songs all the time," says Linda Kellar. And sure enough, that part of her is still there. "Megan's such a happy child," the mother of a girl on Megan's baseball team remarked to Linda. Yes, Linda agreed, but there's something you ought to know. Megan is clinically depressed and on the antidepressant Paxil. Says Linda: "She couldn't believe...
...same body of work. He didn't flip between a serious and a funny side. Both were intrinsic to the same images, which entranced his audience for decades. But this also delayed his recognition as a major American artist. Even now it's not as generally accepted as it ought to be. His friend, the late critic Harold Rosenberg, claimed that "in linking art to the modern consciousness, no artist is more relevant than Steinberg. That he remains an art-world outsider is a problem that critical thinking in art must compel itself to confront." That problem is shrinking...
...this service revolution expands in the field of higher education, even top-tier schools like Harvard soon will begin to feel the pinch. In the meantime, College and University officials ought to use their influence to make Harvard not only an academic leader, but also a "Nordstrom's" of the higher education industry...