Word: oughtness
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...aspiring bureaucrats, think-tankers, and state legislators that spend their extracurricular hours at wonkish policy discussions and study groups at the Institute of Politics ought to be nothing short of giddy...
...kind of a boost to their self-esteem as it were. But there are always people who disagree, and in my estimation there is a minority - I could be wrong - of people in that community who feel that my books are divisive, that they talk about things that ought to be kept private within the family, and they feel that I'm kind of capitalizing and benefiting from the tragedy and the sorrow of other people. I don't agree with that at all, of course. I feel that my books talk about issues that shape people's lives, that...
...Kozlowski recently complained that the technically legal actions of executives who profited as Wall Street burned in the past few months were far more damaging and reprehensible than his own theft. Perhaps he’s right; there are some fallen Wall Street executives who ought to join him in jail. They, like he, ought to be made into memorable examples, serving out full terms for their highly destructive crimes...
...night, stressed moving beyond the legal realm. “We often move to policy, sanctions for bad behaviors, incentives for good things. But most of us as individuals don’t have a lot of influence in policy,” Braxton said. “There ought to be social sanctions and social incentives.” The other two panelists, C. Shawn McGuffey, professor of sociology at Boston College, and Craig Norberg-Bohm, coordinator for Men’s Initiative for Jane Doe, Inc., were more in the nurture camp. “We have...
...parties and politicians learned one thing from 2000, it's that they ought to be ready for recounts. To that end, it's typical for candidates to send advance teams of lawyers to precincts and states where the vote is expected to be close. The idea is that the legal groundwork for a recount and the financing of it can be laid down ahead of time. John Kerry and Bush had well-staffed legal teams in place in Ohio, Florida and other states before the 2004 presidential election for this very reason. Often, recounts are triggered automatically by extremely close...