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...like a fantastic kiss--it never gets old. Even the first time I watched the movie (with a smile of such shocking wideness that my roommates thought I'd gotten married) it felt like home. I couldn't help wondering if I'd already seen it before. Hmm. There ought to be a French term for that...
After the meeting, Bartley said Mills ought not to assume that raising wages for the University's least-compensated employees will cause a ripple effect...
...could argue that we are selfish, and spoiled rotten. We think too much about ourselves, rarely about others, as we ought. Self-obsession has a way of making people angry...
...main presidential contenders have participated in negative campaigning in the last several months (and Tuesday's Democratic debate in Harlem produced disturbing performances from both candidates), Bradley and McCain are in a particularly difficult position: Having cast themselves as reformers and mavericks, they seem as though they ought to be morally above the fray of down-and-dirty campaigning. Thus, when they've found themselves the object of sustained attack and record-twisting, they have been slow to respond and especially vulnerable to the whistle of the referees in the media and the electorate...
...Harvard's dean believes the primary mission of his school is and ought to be its de facto mission--producing associate fodder for the big firms," Gordon says. "Yale's dean believes strongly that this is too narrow a conception of our school's mission and that we ought to be helping students find diverse careers. These beliefs influence the cultures of the places...