Word: oughtness
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...Sully's troubles are innumerable, and, realistically speaking, they ought to make him at least contemplate the possibility of defeat. He has banged up his knee working for exploitative Carl Roebuck (Bruce Willis in another of his astonishingly good character jobs), and his amiable, incompetent lawyer (Gene Saks) can't get him compensation. Sully is long since estranged from his wife, and his relationship with his college-professor son (Dylan Walsh), who has career and marital problems of his own, is difficult. Sully rents a room from a tolerant, spirited old lady (the late Jessica Tandy) who is beginning...
When President Clinton was considering who the new leader of the Democratic party ought to be, he no doubt had to contend with a whole slew of factions and interests within the party, each championing a candidate favorable to their interests. Perhaps surprisingly, one of the most powerful of those groups was the Cuban-American community...
...Washington, tonight, there are five men and one woman in black robes who ought not sleep too well...
Friday Night at Hodges' Cafe, written and illustrated by Tim Egan (Houghton Mifflin; $14.95), is just what a funny book for little kids ought to be: silly. Hodges, an elephant, runs a cafe that would be fairly normal, except that his crazy pet duck causes a lot of trouble. Things get out of control when three tough tigers show up (ignoring the no tigers sign) and decide that roast duck would be just dandy. Hodges whaps the biggest tiger with a squishy souffle, and the duck dives into a large raspberry tart to hide. Alas, his back end sticks...
...Harvard could demolish Dartmouth at a fraction of its strength, other teams ought to take notice if they haven't done so already...