Word: oughtn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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First of all, you ought to spell the names right. "Cherry herring," "Ferari," and "Mercedez" are somehow less impressive than they might be. And you oughtn't qualify them. After all, you really shouldn't admit that you actually know that people exist who need subtle things like "Leif Ericson (the Norse explorer)" or "(the New Mexican artist) Georgia O'Keefe...
...made the role of First Lady an official national office. Harry Truman called Bess "the boss"-and in many ways she was, though she never pretended to be more than a displaced housewife. Once Truman found her burning some of the letters he had written to her. "Bess, you oughtn't to do that," protested Harry. "Why not? I've read them several times," said Bess. "But think of history!" pleaded the President. "I have," murmured Bess as she tossed the last bundle into the fire. Mamie Eisenhower, always the general's lady, presided dutifully over social...
...event had something of the character of a corn-silk smoking session behind the barn. "I tell you," he says, "there was a lot of foot-draggin' on the way. I kept wonderin' out loud if we weren't goin' the wrong way. if we oughtn't to turn around. But we went up. finally, in a yellow, two-seat Piper Cub. The pilot kept me up there for half an hour, lettin' me take the stick and whip us through a few turns and glides. After that first ride, there wasn...