Word: gasps
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Dates: during 1877-1877
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...gave a dying gasp...
...pure air, Professor Curtius was petitioned by the Germans to allow the windows to remain closed. In winter the case is still worse, and at the end of the hour the American student, who has been used to better things at home, rushes to the window to get a gasp of pure ether. Unhappy is the man who must sit in the same room for the following hour. Not only has the good air been exhausted, but the evil has been increased in another important respect. As elegance of dress and personal cleanliness are rare traits of the German student...