An old theory holds that air conditioning ruined Congress. Members no longer had to flee the Washington heat to spend the summer back home. The long vacation forced them to bond with their constituents.

We practically lived there in the summer. Nobody had air conditioning. It was hot and it was the place to be.

I say if we got a cot and air conditioning, go for it. But that's me. If I had my way we'd be able to do them in a week.

God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning.

Owners of valuable works of art don't give to institutions that don't provide good air conditioning and have good shows.

Customers with this equipment can go to the Web site and set thresholds for their heat and air conditioning needs at different times of day -- to turn the (air conditioning) on a half hour before they arrive home, for example,