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...have always wondered if a Southerner put up that famous sign over the Western bar: "I ain't what I oughta be; I ain't what I'm gonna be; but I ain't what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum: | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

...best urban renewal efforts in America, is alive and well named: since 1970, six new towers have poked high against the backdrop of the Rockies, and more are planned. In Kansas City, where once "they went and built a skyscraper seven stories high/ About as high as a building oughta go,"* they've went and built a new one 30 stories high that dominates the whole city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Downtown Is Looking Up | 7/5/1976 | See Source »

...Fred Buzhardt, Counsel to the President, glided through the door in a cream-colored suit. "He's not back yet?" Buzhardt asked St. Clair's secretary. He paced the gold carpet of the outer office, puffing gingerly on a cigarette. "They oughta call us and let us know if they want a rescue team...

Author: By Scott A. Kaufer, * 1974, THE HARVARD CRIMSON INC. SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON, | Title: St. Clair Keeps Nixon Hanging On | 6/13/1974 | See Source »

...suggest that in order to be more competitive--to beat the colleges at their own game, we've got to put more punch back in the boats," Davidson says. "We need a gimmick--motors. That's it-we will put motors on every shell. That oughta please those defense weary fans...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Creme dela Cramer | 5/16/1974 | See Source »

Last night I went to a movie. It had a lot of advertisements going for it so I figured it oughta be a good night for a change. I figured wrong. I hadn't eaten in about 24 hours and felt sort of sick. Three boxes of popcorn didn't help. The theatre didn't pass out any blankets at the door either. I wish they had 'cause the air conditioners were churning it up like they thought the Sahara desert was due to blow in through the door any minute. I had to leave before...

Author: By Max Blearlens, | Title: Don't Fall for the Hype, Joe | 7/20/1973 | See Source »

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