Word: expanded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...partial vacuum of those pleural cavities the lungs expand and collapse, expand and collapse with each breath. Sometimes infection inflames the lining of a pleural cavity, causes an exudation which fills the cavity and leaves no space for the lung to expand. In such a case of pleurisy, the fluid has to be drained off through a hollow needle carefully pushed in between a pair of ribs...
Sometimes a stab wound lets air into a pleural cavity. The air destroys the pleural vacuum which the lung requires and acts as a pneumatic cushion against which the lung can not expand. Such an accident is called pneumothorax...
...little industry began to expand. In 1932, 14,000,000 Good Humors were sold in New York and Chicago and, although no figures are given, sales have probably gone higher. All the Good Humors earn money directly for Good Humor Corp. of America except those sold in Los Angeles, Tulsa, Miami and Dallas. Manufacturers in those four cities are licensed by Mr. Meehan's company on a royalty basis. Production is simple. Good Humor uses the best ice cream and chocolate, charges 10¢. It expends its ingenuity on merchandising...
Operating under a somewhat makeshift executive arrangement, Phillips Brooks House plans nonetheless to expand its undergraduate activities this year in at least three directions: First we hope to increase the number of social service volunteers from about a hundred to one hundred and fifty; second we hope to increase the functions and range of the Speakers Committee, and third; we plan to encourage close contacts between foreign students and undergraduates. To carry out these programs the enlistment of considerable Freshman assistance is necessary...
While Freshmen are allowed to use the H.A.A. facilities without payment to fulfill their physical education requirements, they are restricted to one sport at a time and are compelled to pay the regular $10 fee if they desire to expand their activity...