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...fact is, the temperature is rising in our house, and not everyone is responsible for the heat wave to the same degree. Yet everyone must be involved in the solution. Furthermore, we cannot simply market-eer our way out of the maelstrom...
...Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers has been rating U.S.-made air conditioners, using the Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER), since 1974. On a scale advancing from a poor five to an excellent eleven, the EER evaluates the air conditioner's ability to produce the largest amount of cooling with the smallest amount of electricity. The EER tests show that the industry is indeed capable of producing machines that would meet strict new federal requirements; one of the main features of a more efficient unit is a large set of condensers and evaporator coils. But these machines are relatively bulky...
...aynt eer. Ooze callin...
Rumor, that most efficient of press-agents, had been feverishly busy. It was even said that the Soviet Union was out to get the Rembrandt in order to deliver a crushing blow to Western prestige. Parke-Bernet (pronounced Eer-net) issued about 850 tickets for seats and standing room in the main gallery, but almost twice as many people showed up on the big night, and tickets were selling for $50 on the black market. A queue began forming on the sidewalk more than an hour before the auction was to begin; not only Parke-Bernet's main gallery...
...working with obsessive intensity ; when he is really going strong, he feels ice-cold, has been known to light a fire in the middle of a heat wave while writing. Over the years he has set up a number of semi-fast rules for himself: avoid s sounds, avoid eer sounds above A above middle C, etc. As a lyricist, Lerner lacks the ultrasophistication of a Cole Porter, on the other hand would never commit the more cloying sentimentalities of Oscar Hammerstein. At their best, his lyrics are like expertly cut glass, as in these lines from My Fair Lady...