Word: oughtness
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...Deny thy father and refuse thy name,” comes to mind. Squeezing into one racial box, choosing one race and denying another, and ultimately changing the way one has come to identify as a person, makes life for the multiracial individual more difficult than it ought to be. Many institutions have come to understand the importance of racial complexities and have accommodated the need to “check all that apply.” For example, after much debate, the Census Bureau finally allowed respondents to identify all their racial groups on the 2000 Census. Even...
...although it is actually less graphic than other sex scenes in the film), features a three-way between Morris, Collins, and Maureen in which Collins’s attraction to Morris becomes apparent and Maureen gains some blackmail material. It seems that the central motivations for all the characters ought to hinge on that scene; however, rather than strike a deeper psychological chord or provide a plot twist, the scene ends up only tangential to the resolution of the film. As a duo, Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth both do well with the characterizations they’re given. Firth...
...unnoticed until they’ve been observed carefully for quite some time. And further, those implications may in many regards be overwhelmingly positive. But lest we cave in some sense to the demands of the ever-growing Facebook group which proposes the California Relocation of Harvard University, we ought to recognize that despite how irritating alarm clocks might seem, and despite how unappealing the blustery walk to Maxwell Dworkin might be, there really is something to the buildings and people that make Harvard what it is. And whatever that something is, it seems there’s a pretty...
...like fishing in a pond. After several months, you notice that you are not catching as many fish. You could buy an expensive fly rod--new technology. Or you could decide that you have already caught most of the fish in the pond. Although increased oil prices (which ought to spur investment in oil production) and new technology help, they can't work magic. Recent discoveries are modest at best. The oil sands in Canada and Venezuela are extensive, but the Canadian operations to convert the deposits into transportable oil consume large amounts of natural gas, which is in short...
...experiences, and talents.” The first two of these three characteristics are certainly shaped by race, but they are not encapsulated by it. Rather, it’s an applicant’s background—in the broadest sense—with which the admissions process ought to be concerned...