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Word: oughta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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That's the latest slogan at Shea Stadium these days. Actually, it's "Baseball as it oughta be," italicized and everything, plastered right across the upper deck facade. Mets owner Frank Cashen probably felt defeated since the Atlanta Braves had already proclaimed themselves "America's Team...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Preserving the Mystique | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

...make up a mere fraction of the book. As for the rest, one can only agree with a neighborhood hooker who unburdens herself to Wren after he escapes a bomb planted in his apartment by the Liberation Front. "I don't know, Rus," she says, "sometimes I think it oughta be better than this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dicey Clams Nowhere by Thomas Berge | 6/17/1985 | See Source »

...jackpot. The Electra, meanwhile, had been used on other hops around the West. Another crew was about to fly it out of Las Vegas on Sunday morning when an Eastern Airlines pilot, following the Electra, radioed the tower: "You ought to tell that Lockheed Electra . . . that they oughta look at their No. 1 engine. That thing's smoking a lot and losing some kind of liquid." Replied the tower: "Galaxy 532, did you copy that?" Responded a Galaxy crew member: "Yes, thank you. We didn't get any indication; will take a look at it next stop." They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crash of a Troubled Bird | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

They swear to enjoy a monthly weekend sabbatical from their spouses. Maude delivers an impassioned emancipation proclamation. Smashing jars of preserves on the immaculate floor, she vows: "I hereby relinquish my addiction to everything being where it oughta be! ... I salute the few guys who have something to offer and wish death on the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Jest Match | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

...Moorish Dignity. Then he takes up selling hot dogs in the French Quarter. His mother comes to the belated conclusion that Ignatius is disgracing her and wonders about committing him to Charity Hospital. A friend urges her on: "If it's free and they lock people away, Ignatius oughta be there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rumblings | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

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