Word: shared
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ordinary healthy respiration the current of air passes in and out of the lungs through the nose, not through the mouth. It is a serious fact that men breathe more by the action of the diaphragm than women do, in whom the intercostals appear to do a large share of the work of respiration, so that the upper part of the chest rises and falls more in the ordinary breathing of a woman than it does in that...
...much better that some of them should be only "clever," rather than that the ranks of our alumni should be represented only by the extremely talented or the hopelessly mediocre. While we feel that the clever men have, of late, been prone to claim rather more than their share of public attention, yet we are rather inclined to the belief that there is a place in modern literature which can be best filled by their writings. The fact that cleverness may fail to secure anything like a lasting reputation for its possessor is not a cheerful matter for contemplation...
...become acquainted, through the agreeable medium of evening readings with the standard works of French literature. We are sure that an effort to do something similar on the part of the German department would be gladly welcomed by a large number. All of us ought to be allowed to share the pleasure which those who are taking German courses experience in listening to Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Bartlett...
...Graphic declares that Theodore Roosevelt has not the share in Outing with which he has been credited...
Tobacco smoking must come in for its share of blame in producing heart trouble, and on this point there has been the most violent controversy. There is hardly any question but that in the majority of cases, the heart of the constant smoker has lost in muscular strength. For safety, a smoker should take plenty of exercise in the open air, and do his smoking in moderation after meals. Do not smoke on an empty stomach, or use very strong tobacco, or an old foul pipe. By the term hypertrophy of the heart is meant an increase in the size...