Word: oughta
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wallace may "tell it like it is," but his distorted views certainly do not represent "the way it oughta be." In short, rather than symbolizing rational solutions to the nation's problems, George Wallace serves as a genuine example of what is troubling American society...
...great Carsoni, who has not been water-skiing for nearly twelve years, even did his opening monologue riding around the lake on the shoulders of two skiers before they dumped him unceremoniously on the beach. Said Johnny: "The ride wasn't too bad, but you guys really oughta practice your landing...
...success of Negro candidates that he pulled a shotgun on four Negro farmhands and declared: "I'm gonna shoot you all." When one of the Negroes, Samuel Carroll, 53, tried to plead with him, Kling triggered a fatal shotgun blast into Carroll's heart. "I oughta kill all of you," snapped Kling, then drove into town and gave himself up. That night, 400 angry Negroes demonstrated in Fayette, but Evers kept them from rioting by arguing that "the only people we would hurt would be ourselves...
...Boston-the study found that four out of every five white policemen working in Negro neighborhoods have prejudiced attitudes toward Negroes. The report estimated that 45% of the white police (and, surprisingly, nearly 10% of the Negro police) showed near pathological hostility: "These scum aren't people". . ."We oughta gas these niggers-they're ruining the country." Though the survey found that police are rarely "unprofessional" in their contacts with Negroes, the conclusion was inescapable that this antipathy is felt by ghetto dwellers and itself contributes to riots...
...eight girls, shuffling from soldier to soldier. The price of a "short time" varies with the demand from $2.50 to $5 and inevitably has produced grumbling. "General Kinnard ought to put his foot down," complained one cavalryman last week. "Five bucks is too high. He oughta make three bucks the standard price." The plaint is, of course, misdirected. An Khe Plaza is a creation of the Vietnamese and run by the Vietnamese, albeit for Americans...