Word: oughtness
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While traveling in Europe this summer, I stopped by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and noticed a few empty spaces where paintings ought to have been. This bothered me, for, after all, I had come to the museum to see paintings I couldn't see anywhere in the United States, and the paintings were obviously missing...
...paintings will return home as well, leaving Boston on the 24th. After a stop in Philadelphia, the paintings will again be dispersed. Catching this phenomenal compilation of rarely seen portraits before it leaves ought to be a priority for anyone who even remotely enjoys looking at art. You don't need to concentrate in Visual and Environmental Studies or the History of Art and Architecture to appreciate this show of over 70 portraits, arranged chronologically and curated nearly perfectly by a team drawn from the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art as well...
...exhibit clearly underscores van Gogh's rejection of ideally beautiful, perfect figures. 'I find a power and vitality which, if one wants to express them in their peculiar character, ought to be painted with a firm brush stroke, with a simple technique,' van Gogh said, referring to the common men he preferred painting. The first rooms feature a haunting display of old pensioners, fishermen and weavers with craggy, misshapen faces. They have a serene dignity, particularly 'Orphan Man with Top Hat' (1882). Van Gogh's drawings reflect his eagerness to express the humanity of his subjects...
Most of them ought to be ready for top-notch college tennis. Ryan Browne, who was ranked No. 39 while in high school, is a star out of the competitive California tennis scene. Mark Riddell, of Florida, is a product of the Nick Bollettieri Academy, the prestigious tennis academy that has produced the likes of Andre Agassi and Anna Kournikova...
Last year, The Crimson published an excellent story about the amount of sleep that Harvard students get, and concluded that it is too little. We should not let this topic go away. We ought to confront a very dangerous reality, which is that almost all of us in the Harvard community--undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, administrators--are deliberately robbing ourselves of one of the most fundamental nutrients known to the animal kingdom. We may argue that high-flyers don't have time to sleep. But this deprivation is not unique to the academy. It is pervasive across modern American society...