The GOP establishment seems unable to grasp that much of the Republican orthodoxy is simply less germane in a time of economic anxiety.
That is not to say the writing is without formal weaknesses – Eggers misses notes like an enthusiastic jazz pianist, whereas Franzen is all conservatoire meticulousness – but rather to suggest that The Circle is a work so germane to our times that it may well come to be considered as the most on-the-money satirical commentary on the early internet age.
I'm afraid the fact that I was in a men's room at the time is germane.
And never mind that the Texas senate's procedural rules empower the president of the body to end a filibuster after having warned the speaker against non-germane discourse three times, and that Mr Dewhurst had previously chided Ms Davis for off-topic oration only once.
The remark is germane, because at the same time as directing "Quartet," Hoffman is playing the lead in HBO's new drama series "Luck".
I've followed her work on employment trends, especially in manufacturing, for years, and wanted to share some of her recent findings that struck me as particularly germane at this point in time.
More germane to this research, the time course of the NPCs had similar dynamic signatures to the 'optimized' population.
She covers her vast terrain comprehensively yet incisively, casting her net sometimes perhaps a little too wide but often landing delicious detail at the same time as more strictly germane matter.
There is rarely a need to engage with someone else on social media, because the occurrences there are seldom germane to your life in real time and real existence; which leads me to the next reason why we do not need to argue with someone on social media.
(Obviously some good things happened on April 20ths throughout time, but that's not germane to the discussion today).
In particular, prospective longitudinal studies of risk factors in adult asthma, which were not available at the time of previous reviews, are particularly germane to the issue of occupational attributable risk.
