By 1981, Howe writes, "the shocking revelation that the X-Men's silver-haired archenemy had been a child prisoner at Auschwitz ramped up the title's long-present themes of bigotry and persecution and pointed to the direction that 'The X-Men' would take for the decades to come, in which discrimination toward mutant characters was put explicitly in the contexts of racism and homophobia".
Detective Comics was the first successful comic book series devoted to a single theme, and the title's initials gave the future company its name, DC Comics.
The image of America as a crucible wherein the European nationalities would be transformed into a "new race" owes its origin to the title and theme of Zangwill's play The Melting Pot (1908).
"In keeping with the conference title, this year's theme invites staff to empower themselves by reflecting on what they want professionally, to envision what is possible in their career future, and to take action now to take their career to the next level," said Sidalia Reel, director of staff diversity initiatives and chair and creator of the conference.
The opening track "Square One" features the famous motif from Also Sprach Zarathustra, known better as the title theme of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The title theme was Alpert's second number one on the Easy Listening chart where it spent two weeks at the top in June 1967 and peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100.
A shot of a particularly desolate and rubbish-strewn beach is accompanied by a few notes of music that tentatively evoke the title theme of "Mr. Hulot's Holiday," Tati's 1953 comedy set in a peaceful seaside resort — a world away but still very close.
The only taster so far is the eerie, Scott Walker-esnippetippet of the single that functions as the title theme for Sky Atlantic's forthcoming drama The Last Panthers, Bowie's first soundtrack work since the 1990s.
The middle-aged men's reprise of the title theme after 20 years is affecting.
Indeed, the title and central theme of this year's symposium was "Daring for Big Impact -- Blending Inspiration, Innovation and Investment".
Managed by her father Mathew, Knowles' first foray into the music business was in 2001 as the lead singer, backed with Destiny's Child, on the title theme song for the animated television series The Proud Family.
