Word: oughtness
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...Plutarch described great leaders as embodying "virtue in action." That virtue ought to be evident in both their private and their public lives...
...little old-fashioned. I think there ought to be some congruence between one's public life and one's private life. Obviously, the ideal would be if a president were a paragon of virtue in public and in private. (See George Washington as the prototype.) I also believe that one's private conduct is a useful and important measure of one's public character. Washington would have agreed. I suspect he would have regarded Clinton's lack of control in private as an ominous indicator for his public behavior as president...
...sports car, wrapped around a 260-h.p. engine and to be priced at a mere $30,000 when it hits showrooms next year, is an expression of what Nakamura thinks the brand ought to be: affordable, with a little more risk and a lot more pizazz. Says Nakamura: "We simply didn't have a clear direction before...
...poisoned plum. His J.F.K., in the Cuban Missile Crisis docudrama Thirteen Days, quickly moves beyond physical and vocal impersonation to find a harried man in extremis--a young man surrounded by "knowledgeable" cold warriors who have little faith in him. His only rudder is a root belief that America ought not to stumble into an annihilating war with the Soviet Union. From this belief, and Greenwood's craft, a hero emerges...
...billion price tag, though officials there estimate the extra days could translate into a 50% increase in test scores. But while more appears to be better, more of the same-old lessons and techniques may not. So before Saturday cartoons morph into a sixth school day, educators ought to take an elongated look at what transpires during the other five. The bi-coastal calls for change are certainly an auspicious start...