Word: ought
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David W. Oxtoby '72, president of Pomona College, surges to second place in our entirely unscientific poll (propelled, in part, by a Facebook campaign launched on his behalf by a 37-member group calling itself "Ought to Be Oxtoby." Still, a plurality of readers say Law School Dean Elena Kagan is the most likely—and most desirable—presidential candidate...
...fallout from the kafuffle affected the domestic bliss of the Hollande-Royal household. To protect their relationship, the couple could learn from American political pugilists James Carville and Mary Matalin, who keep things interesting at home by earning their keep doing battle for opposite sides. Perhaps Hollande ought to be advising Royal's probable conservative foe, Nicolas Sarkozy? And there's got to be a lesson somewhere in all of this for Hillary Clinton...
...Iraq. "I'm going to work hard," Bush replied. "I'm going to sprint to the finish." The President wanted it known that he's not sweating his legacy. "I'm reading about George Washington, still," he joked. "My attitude is, if they're still analyzing No. 1, 43 ought not to worry about it and just do what he thinks is right." At the same time, he's hoping to pull off a Bush...
...favor of calendar reform. While then we criticized the proposal on this page, one too many January chills have changed our minds, and, we hope, will change Harvard’s mind as well in the very near future. Institutionally stubborn though it may be, Harvard ought to scrap the current calendar once and for all, moving reading period, final papers, and final exams before winter vacation. A winter break of less than two weeks is simply not enough to rejuvenate the student body after a grueling semester of cram sessions, all-nighters, and extracurricular meetings. Life at Harvard...
...this ought to be very good news for the bears. What puzzles - and worries - some enviros is why the Administration folded its cards so easily on this one. For a White House that was willing to battle all the way to the Supreme Court to keep Congressional and other eyes off the proceedings of Vice President Cheney's energy task force, walking away from a fight with three private advocacy groups seemed uncharacteristically timid, particularly since the Administration could just run out the clock until January...