Besides, the avant-garde most germane to Kahlo's development in the twenties is that of German Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity), which mined heightened realism for psychological drama.
The distribution of the burden of Medicare and Social Security payroll taxes may be germane to an argument about the fairness of America's comprehensive scheme of taxes, but it's not germane to the argument Mr Obama actually made.Admittedly, it's difficult to know how best to treat payroll taxes for the purpose of this kind of debate.
When they create things, using science, they increase America's output and contribute to the country's economic growth.So while the age of the Earth is not directly relevant to America's economy, it's useful as an indicator of the country's belief in and study of science, which is germane to any discussion of GDP and growth rates.
Every one of these concerns is germane to AIG.AIG has a stockmarket valuation of $190 billion, making it second among financial companies only to Citigroup's $225 billion.
Military service below the executive level may be germane to our assessment of a candidate's character, but I find it hard to see anything offensive in questioning whether it necessarily imbues one with exceptional policy judgement.
There is no serious question that Ms Davis's comments on the sonogram requirement were germane, but Mr Dewhurst didn't care; he needed her to shut up.
Mr Parseghian describes the sale as prudent diversification, which is true, but not necessarily germane.
He could have rejected them as not germane to his inquiry; some think he should have done.
Lord Hutton's report, when it finally appears, looks unlikely to criticise him for that wording, as it will surely not be thought germane to the circumstances of Mr Kelly's death.
The relative quiet came to an end when Hamas guerrillas killed four Israeli soldiers, in revenge for the death of three teenagers in Gaza, and Israel responded by destroying 66 refugee houses in Rafah.From then on, the factions began to see a ceasefire as about as germane to their cause as Mr Bush's "vision" of a Palestinian state.
But what we ought to scoff at and mock is not that some take the idea of Hell seriously, even literally, as this thought has been germane to human understanding for millennia and has produced a good amount of humility (notwithstanding its abuses).
