Word: ought
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...think some relaxation of the rules may make sense. The top U.S. banking supervisor, Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan, tells TIME he is in favor of letting the banks mark back up the value of some of their toxic assets. "I think there are some changes that ought to be made," Dugan says. Mark-to-market accounting is a problem, he says, for illiquid assets because "those things have just stopped trading altogether." Dugan does not support doing away with mark-to-market entirely; not even industry lobbyists want that. But his deputy will argue at the congressional hearings...
...late to not have a clear conception of what January will be. The schedule change has been under consideration for years, and the idea that the College is still uncertain about this essential component is troubling. If budget anxiety is to blame for the prolonged uncertainty, then the administration ought to be transparent about that. And, if truly no concrete decisions have been made, then it must make finalizing this aspect of the calendar a priority...
...nation dependent on the creativity and high productivity of its tertiary sector, the United States will need all the help it can get to recover from this devastating recession. Unfortunately, current policies are likely to exacerbate, not alleviate, present economic pains. President Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress ought to reconsider this potentially costly mistake...
...competition goes up, so the bad news is that it’s harder to get a job at all in academia,” the computer science professor said. “The good news is that the supply is large relative to the demand, so the quality ought to increase in all good dimensions.” At present, it is unclear whether or not the program will be temporary, but if the program does stay, some professors voiced worry that it may grow too large. “What you don’t want...
...also pledged a new framework for additional earmark reforms for 2010. But it's lame for Obama's aides to dismiss the 2009 budget as leftover business from the Bush era. He's the President. He wasn't elected to ignore the leftover business from the Bush era. He ought to be taking heat for punting - not only on the earmarks, but on the other $402 billion worth of government spending. But his critics, from McCain on the Senate floor to Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, keep harping on earmarks and almost nothing else...