Word: breaths
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ailments that have sapped the strength of debating at Harvard in recent years, it is doubtful whether the changes recommended are drastic enough to bring about a renaissance. For however vital the improvements in the Council's technique of management may be, the first and foremost task is to breathe the breath of life into the dead clay of general undergraduate interest...
...lungs are bigger than women's. Their weights range from 2 lb. (women) to 3 lb. (men). At full inspiration the lungs contain about 5 qt. of air. At every normal breath 1 pt. of air goes in & out of the lungs...
...Franklin Roosevelt graciously greeted a gathering of writers, critics and reporters last week at the Manhattan "editorial workshop'' of Philadelphia's Ladies' Home Journal. Momentarily lost in the bulky herd of Rockefeller Center office buildings, Mrs. Roosevelt had arrived a little late and out of breath at her own party. Its purpose was to inform the world that Ladies' Home Journal will appear next week with the first installment of "This Is My Story," Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt's autobiography. These memoirs were billed as the first ever -written by a First Lady while...
...twinkled around the ring, dark eyes snapping, white coat curried and brushed to a glistening alabaster (see cuts), Spicypiece looked every ounce her name. The crowd cheered and clapped when the judge, towering George S. West of Chestnut Hill, Mass., looked her way, held its breath while he eyed and handled the others. The suspense was soon over...
...Tigers since athletic relations were renewed between the two Colleges. Principal cause for this Tiger streak has been the fact that their crews get onto the water two weeks before Harvard, on the average. But there is no ice now on the Charles, and Bolles is holding his breath. If his crew can get out on the water within the next couple of weeks, and at present that seems very probable, chances of beating Princeton are excellent. If not, it is going to be another uphill struggle, for as Bolles himself says...