Word: brennans
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...find out, we hired indoor-air detectives Terry Brennan and Richard Shaughnessy to come in this summer and give us a thorough checkup. Shaughnessy is head of indoor-air research at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. Brennan is president of Camroden Associates of Westmoreland, N.Y., and is generally regarded as one of the top "building scientists" in the country. Things have never been busier for them and the thousands of other indoor-air experts across the country, Brennan says, because people are catching on to the effects of indoor contaminants. Last week, a University of Maryland professor announced that...
...check air flow) and a gadget right out of Ghostbusters that reads temperature, humidity and carbon-dioxide and carbon-monoxide levels. But like any good examiner, they started by asking us questions. No, we don't live near chemical plants or landfill, which was the first thing Shaughnessy and Brennan looked for when they arrived this morning. There is traffic a couple of blocks away, which picks up during rush hours. That could mean higher levels of lead and other toxic metals in the soil, which can be tracked indoors and into carpets and can eventually get into toddlers' mouths...
...sitting on the Supreme Court"--implying that the court mysteriously reshapes the views of those who ascend to it. But that idea doesn't withstand scrutiny, says Harold Spaeth, a Michigan State professor who has spent 40 years demystifying the court. Ike's nominations of Earl Warren and William Brennan were political deals, designed to shore up his support in California and New Jersey and made without regard for ideology, "so it's no wonder they didn't vote the way he liked," says Spaeth. "Presidents who are more careful get more predictable results. There aren...
There are moments in O'Brien's tale when a sensible, peaceful resolution of the dispute between Brennan and Bugler seems possible. The antagonists are stubborn rather than malevolent, and when their lawyers begin exchanging letters and scheduling court appearances, the whole dispute looks ready to subside into protracted legal wrangling...
...inhabitants of Cloontha relish the fight for its entertainment and gossip value, and they egg Brennan on whenever his resentment shows signs of flagging. Blood feuds have been a way of life in this village for longer than anyone can remember, and O'Brien's evocative prose shows the chilling hold that history and the dead clamp on the living...