Word: oughtness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Virgin Cola-remember the curvaceous Pammy bottle?-have quietly gone flat. And now Branson's People's Lottery is locked in an ugly fight over the charity-driven British lottery franchise. For a business built less on a particular product line than on its glamorous, do-right image, this ought to be worrying stuff...
...those who live and work within its gates, and to the larger community of which it is a part. Major policy decisions, such as the selection of future presidents, should, at the very least, be conducted openly. In the future, all information regarding committee activities--membership, minutes and procedures--ought to be released to the public. Administrative bodies must also establish formal avenues through which non-members can engage them in dialogue. Deliberative processes should ideally include representatives from the student body, faculty and staff in order to ensure that future University policies will truly reflect the interests of each...
...made of massless particles called photons, such ephemeral things exert real pressure, especially when they flow from so close a source as the sun. Attach a sail of lightweight Mylar or other material to a spacecraft, set it up in the path of that outrushing energy, and you ought to be able to move in almost any direction...
...Earnhardt thrived, two elements of his driving career--his readiness to mix it up and his regular place at the center of crashes--continued to make him controversial. His great rival of the 1980s, Darrell Waltrip, once spoke for the field when he said, "You ought to get 10 bonus points for taking Earnhardt out of a race." Neil Bonnett, Earnhardt's best friend at the time, said, "If I can ever catch him, I'm gonna knock the s___ out of him." Bonnett, it is eerie to note, died in 1994 after crashing his Chevrolet into the wall...
...players are in it for the love of the game. Along with the increased level of violence, another thing will make the games more interesting: if the players don't win, they don't get paid any more than $50,000 a year. That means they ought to be truly committed to winning. JAMES HEATH Columbia...