In Germany, F. Ratzel sought to apply natural-scientific law in anthropogeography, a theme expanded by E. Semple in America, where W. M. Davis pronounced relationship of 'physiography' and 'ontography' (all life forms) as geography's unifying principle.
In the first fugal section, the voices enter in the sequence tenor, alto, soprano I, bass, soprano II, expanding from middle range to the extreme parts, just as the theme expands from the repeated first notes to sighing motives leading upwards.
Kitsch should be embraced and its themes expanded, for it plays on the child in our minds and invites us to play.
Two sub-themes expanded on this core theme.
Through Feb. 9 Layers of clever craftsmanship wrap Mr. Twitchell's big themes: the expanding American suburb, with its domestic architecture; the great Western spaces; and the car culture that is the country's curse and blessing.
"One of the reasons we don't get coverage as much is because we sometimes express hostile attitudes toward the media," said John Clifton, a social worker from Jamaica, Queens, the Libertarian Party candidate, whose favorite campaign themes are expanding personal liberty and limiting government.
The content of each theme was expanded or reduced and sub-themes were formed by reflecting and bringing new questions to the text, such as: what does this specific statement say about experience?
Fracture the theme or expand it.
This theme is expanded upon in Thomas's new memoir, "My Grandfather's Son" (Harper; $26.95).
Its futuristic theme also expands what is on offer at Cotai, where the Venetian simply copied an existing Las Vegas casino.
It was a theme he expanded upon in three subsequent books, "The Sorrows of Empire" (2004), "Nemesis" (2006) and "Dismantling the Empire" (2010).
