Word: oughtness
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...They ought to. Indeed, considering the vapid quality of films these days, at Cannes and beyond, they ought to make him make more movies...
...maintaining social structures that are in line with mainstream society. Given that a prevailing criticism of gay Americans is that their lifestyles are licentious, then encouraging them to pursue more conservative ends is an appropriate measure to make homosexuality less “objectionable.” Social conservatives ought to get behind the right to same-sex marriage in their commitment to family values and traditional (albeit adapted) societal structures...
...that Britain's shortage of housing supply may help prevent such a bloody crash. The rate of housebuilding in Ireland and Spain - both of whose markets have overheated in recent months - more than doubled in the decade to 2006. In the U.K., the increase was just 12%. Demand ought to remain robust, says Ball, with "long-term rising incomes bashing against the cliff of tight supply...
Zenios's conclusions arrive amidst mounting debate over whether Medicare, the U.S. government health plan for seniors, ought to use cost-effectiveness analysis in determining coverage of procedures. Nearly all other industrial nations - including Canada, Britain and the Netherlands - ration health care based on cost-effectiveness and the $50,000 threshold. Medicare, on the other hand, decides whether to pay for new technology based on whether a treatment is "medically necessary and appropriate." But as health care expenses rise and entitlement programs grow fiscally strapped - at least one part of Medicare is now expected to be bankrupt by 2019 - more...
...more than just about short-term production." All of which is true. Unsaid was the fact that even if the Saudis could reduce gas and oil prices, why would they? They're making a lot of money and the U.S. doesn't have much leverage to convince them they ought to make less...