Word: oughta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most ardent about environmental issues, having become a rehabber at least partly because he believes it is wrong to build on open land. An aide informs him that Greenpeace will be tying up at his dock on Thursday morning. "That oughta impress the Japanese guys," he jokes, referring to a group of financiers arriving the same day with the prospect of a $100 million loan. He dreads the idea of having lived in a period of ecological collapse and done nothing but good deals...
...yesterday but boy, you oughta...
BEETHOVEN: EARLY YEARS THROUGH THE EROICA (Smithsonian Collection of Recordings). Just what the world needs: more Beethoven. But wait. This collection of chamber and symphonic works is played with vim and vigor on original instruments: Beethoven like he oughta...
...likely to careen across the water- slickened ice. But as Olympic spectators have seen, short-track racing is an intricate sport, replete with complex strategies. Since up to six skaters start at once, it has the drama of a pack of competitors struggling cheek to cheek -- battle like it oughta...
...Oughta: Tom Berenger, Platoon. Just a tad bit better than Willem Dafoe's Good Angel, Berenger's performance as Bad Mother Barnes gave this movie an edge it would otherwise have lacked. I'd like to see them split the Oscar--live, on stage, with a grenade or something...