air conditioning

“I kept the windows closed, the air conditioning on, and Flora Purina on the tape deck.”

Blood Test

“We didn't have air conditioning at Second Ward but there was air conditioning at East Mecklenburg and that room was icy cold.”

Oral History Interview with Madge Hopkins, October 17, 2000. Interview K-0481. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

“If you don’t want to use the air conditioning you can switch on the ceiling fans, and there’s a home entertainment centre in that lattice-wood cabinet.”

Mistress For A Weekend

“When GM launched a redesign of the Aveo in 2007, a key bragging point was that it was the lowest-cost car sold in the U.S. It had crank windows, undersized tires and lacked air conditioning and anti-lock brakes.”

The Wall Street Journal: GM's Cheapest Gets Pricier

“The air conditioning in the building shut down promptly at five, a response to some county commissioner’s clichéd suggestion for “trimming the fat.””

In His Own Defense

“The staircase leading to the second floor was off to the side so as not to block the flow of air through the house; there was no air conditioning in those days, and the homes were built to maximize what air flow there was.”

Fictionaut: New Race