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...told Phil that we've got a lot to do around here [in the Senate] and that we ought to cool down," says Dole. "I'm all for burying the hatchet," he chuckles...
...Hussein of Jordan and President Clinton will be among the many heads of state who will honor the memory of the fallen Israeli soldier and statesman. Their decision to attend betrays not only a respect for Rabin the man, but a deep-seated belief that the peace he envisioned ought not be allowed to vanish...
Such complaints about Amis' sexism were not entirely misplaced. The men in his books are not always nice to or about women, and vice versa. Given a choice between what ought to be true and what actually goes on, Amis invariably chose to write about the latter...
...people accept it as a fact of life--and tough it out. In the U.S., says Dr. John Walsh, former president of the American Gastroenterological Association (A.G.A.), "only a fraction of people with heartburn take antacids or other treatments. Now companies are telling consumers that this is something they ought to treat...
...Writers write because they must," said Brown. "And if one can be dissuaded easily by the probability of failure...one ought to be dissuaded...