• Everyone knows, or ought to know, that Nicole Kidman is a gifted actor, as well as a star.

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  • America's allies sometimes imagine that America's superpower status has transformed it, or ought to have transformed it, into some giant disinterested force for peace and good.

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  • There are legitimate questions about whether Apple needs, wants or ought to try to do such a thing: chase volume, while making much less per device sold.

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  • If so, what might (or ought to) take its place?

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  • Indeed, there are any number of military systems and forces that current events in the Middle East suggest the United States must retain, should acquire or ought to improve.

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  • The prosecution alleges that Barry McCarney was responsible for causing those injuries and that Rachel Martin "wilfully closed her eyes to what she knew or ought to have known was happening".

    BBC: Millie Martin death: Barry McCarney murder trial opens

  • The prosecution alleges Mr McCarney was responsible for causing Millie's injuries and that his ex-partner Ms Martin "wilfully closed her eyes to what she knew or ought to have known was happening".

    BBC: Barry McCarney

  • The prosecution alleges that Mr McCarney was responsible for causing those injuries and that his ex-partner Rachel Martin "wilfully closed her eyes to what she knew or ought to have known was happening".

    BBC: Barry McCarney

  • Despite our London home, 40% of The Economist's readers live in the United States and have to (or ought to) vote, so since 1980 we have felt it incumbent upon us to say how we would vote, and why.

    ECONOMIST: Crunch time

  • The man who did most to make economists and politicians arrogant - to make them think they could bend the world to their will - also gave them, or ought to have given them, the very best reasons for self-doubt.

    BBC: Masters of money: John Maynard Keynes

  • "Insider trading basically comes down to where you know or ought to know that the person from whom you're getting this information has a duty to someone else to keep it confidential, " said former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Paul Atkins in a video interview with The Wall Street Journal.

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  • She ought to have had the foresight to make him dumb, or Oberon ought to have, since the boy had been his terrible gift to her.

    NEWYORKER: A Tiny Feast

  • There's every reason I should think why African-American residents of Los Angeles or Chicago or Philadelphia ought to care about what's going on in the world.

    NPR: World Bank Changes, Understanding Unemployment

  • Or they ought to talk to the crews that are rebuilding all the highways and laying tracks for new rail lines -- including road projects that are putting hundreds of people to work in this area.

    WHITEHOUSE: Creating a Green Impact Zone

  • Some underline the importance of negotiating a manageable number of events the spouse or partner ought to attend, while others try to nudge their firms away from social engagements that encourage spouses' participation in the first place.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • One irony is that for all its white-glove extras (a research department, genetic profiling), a lot of what Private Health does are core functions that patients would value and providers or insurers ought to be doing but rarely do (case management, using computers).

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  • That'll be up to the board of One Fund Boston, whether they believe that whatever money is after June 15th should be allocated to these victims as second payment or whether it ought to be allocated in different amounts or to the community as a whole.

    NPR: Managing The $30 Million 'One Fund' To Aid Boston Victims

  • You can say that Gessen is a bad editor, a poor manager, or someone who ought never to have been put in charge of Radio Liberty.

    FORBES: Masha Gessen Is A Heroic Opposition Journalist, Not a Kremlin Stooge

  • Like him I, too, continually wonder at the moral law within me, which dictates my conduct, or perhaps I ought to say the ideals of conduct, which I wish I could fulfill.

    NPR: A Hope For Bettering Humanity

  • One is that whatever the effect on black workers might be doesn't completely resolve the question of where black representatives or American representatives ought to stand on the issue, because it's not only the interest of black workers that should be taken into account.

    NPR: The Hidden Costs and Benefits of Illegal Immigration

  • What I think is the most important takeaway from this soon to be forgotten incident is not that McFaul is a bad ambassador or that we ought to do a better job of preparing our ambassadors for the inevitable compromises with honesty that diplomacy demands.

    FORBES: Michael McFaul and the End of the Reset

  • The Attorney General could do this on grounds that the coroner has refused or neglected to hold an inquest which ought to be held or the discovery of new facts or evidence make it necessary for another hearing.

    BBC: Kevin Williams

  • Arriving at such a deal, with or without strings, ought to be the first order of business.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Whether you like Sarah Palin or not, you ought to be applying some fair standard to her extemporaneous comments.

    FORBES: Sarah Palin - "Paul Revere Warned...The British?"

  • Teaching is a team effort (or at least it ought to be) and one bad seed brings the whole team down.

    FORBES: Teachers and Incentives

  • This week, they will have another go at drafting their report - or perhaps decide they ought to call in more witnesses to tease out more nuances.

    BBC: Draft dodging

  • Well, if you're a young person and you produce the best experiment or design, the best hardware or software, you ought to be recognized for that achievement, too.

    WHITEHOUSE: Watch Live: 2013 White House Science Fair

  • Well, if you're a young person and you've produced the best experiment or design, the best hardware or software, you ought to be recognized for that achievement, too.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Kicks Off "Educate to Innovate"

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