Word: oughtness
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...Your House master is a bigot and you ought to know that,” he told the crowd of about 200 students. “Everyone else who signed that petition is also a bigot...
...said, “that will destabilize not only the region but the world for years to come, and that, worst of all, will confirm for all the world to see our country’s reputation as an irrational and undisciplined bully who acts not because it ought, but because it can. We make up the rules, so it seems, as we please...
...should have remembered the first rule of stardom: Never talk to the press; they might print what you say. By now, he also ought to have figured out the conundrum of celebrity: that being rich and famous means you can indulge your darkest fantasies?but it also means you can't, because someone is always watching; someone will tell the press. Bad boys get caught...
...policies racist, colonial, apartheid and any number of equally nasty adjectives. Now most of us have the good sense to see that these charges are utterly wrong. But the Israel-bashers are at least consistent: If you think Israel’s actions are reprehensible, you ought not to have dealings with Israel...
...Coach, I feel your pain. But your team put up 420 total yards and 35 points on a Top-15 team that hasn’t lost at home in 27 games—all with your backup quarterback—and it ought to be the other Ivy teams that are frustrated. Because Harvard has put its 2001 winning streak aside, and it looks like it’s time to start the 2002 version...