Word: germ
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...discussion of topics related to the course. "Discussion" implies two things: participation by a group, and material to be considered from-various points of view; in this case, a voluntary applying of criteria and comparison of one author or work or method with another. Here, then, is the germ of genuine "appreciation". If all our literary courses could be turned into English 28 Clubs, there would be no further fear of confusing Service with Shelley, or F. Scott Fitzgerald with the translator of Omar Khayyam...
...suggestion as to an improvement in his histrionic technique, La Follette rather startled people. He has been doing so ever since, when Governor of Wisconsin, when drafting platforms for the Republican party, and seeing them rejected. Now he is startling Congress by his liberal progressive bloc, not the germ of a third party, for La Follette is too old a master to risk his neck on that horse again, but as a reform movement within the Republican party...
...called 'honorable' classes, namely: Scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants. Notice that in this system there is no place for the soldier. He is classed with the barber, the actor, the butcher, and the hangman as a necessary evil. Is it not possible that the world might get the germ of an idea from this system which would materially advance international relations? It may leave China without much strength as strength is now reckoned, but I am confident that in the end she will emerge and having found herself, will take her place as one of the great nations...
...Sadko", composed by Rimsky Korsakow in 1867, has been called the first Russian symphonic poem. It was the germ from which the opera of the same name sprang in 1896. Korsakow re-orchestrated the tone-poem in 1891, the new version of which is always played. How it recalled the unforgettable Diaghileff Ballet Russe, and the gorgeous Bakst settings and costumes! Korsakow is always remarkably effective with the orchestra, no matter if at times he sounds banal on the pianoforte. The combination of the barbaric splendor or Russian folk-music and oriental sensuousness never fails to charm; his orchestration will...
About the only virtue of this silver piece is that it is not a germ carrier, such as the paper bill. It is bulky, ostentatious, and is a nuisance to carry in large numbers. Nevertheless the Treasury Department, in an attempt to restrict the present inflation of the currency system and gradually call in excessive paper money, has deemed it wise to reissue the coin as an aid to further stabilization of our monetary system and a return to a gold standardization of values...