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• n  anything that provides inspiration for later work
• n  a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
• n  a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

• No, I'm waging my own secret, illogical germ warfare because that way, when the end comes and it's just me and Mandel against the Killer Germ, he'll have to have me as a guest on .
• They made no investigations at points where germ bombs were alleged to have been dropped; when they asked to go to such places, the Chinese and North Koreans fobbed them off with .
• The Jumna River at Agra, India, abounds with cholera germs.

• source
• seed
• microbe
• bug

News & Articles

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• FOR KIDS: Flu in the air
  Germs tiny enough to pass through surgical masks may cause half of all cases
  June 20, 2013 - Science News
• Kretschmer Wheat Germ Helps Cut the Flab - Not the Flavor - in Time for Summer Slim Downs
  TUKWILA, Wash., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As summer nears, Kretschmer Wheat Germ is the secret weapon for consumers looking to shape up their seasonal meals without depriving themselves of taste and ...
  June 19, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Germ-zapping Xenex robot helps hospitals prevent costly infections
  At 5 feet 2 inches tall, at best, "Albert" doesn't have a commanding presence. However, Riverside Regional Medical Center is counting on the tubular germ-zapping robot to eradicate hospital acquired infections. Pulsing xenon UV-C light "on the germicid...
  June 17, 2013 - MedCity News

Quotes

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• James Madison in The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com
  He wrote "Of all the enemies to public liberty, War is, prehaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. As the parent of armies, war encourages debt and taxes, the known instruments for bringing the many...
• Thomas Jefferson in WorldNetDaily
  Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition,Thomas Jefferson wrote in his 1787 "Notes on the State of Virginia."
• Colin Meloy in MarketWatch (press release)
  The germ of this series goes back a long way,Meloy said. "For me, this is the culmination of a long-term collaboration with Carson, matching words and art. I grew up on a steady diet of Lloyd Alexander, Roald Dahl, and Tolkien; this is our...