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• n  pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand

• Gratuitously referential bits (I'm thinking of the musical numbers) acquire an individual redemption, if not actual germaneness.

Quotes

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• Russ Potts in WVEC.com (subscription)
  I am sorry that the germaneness issue clouds the bigger issue of solving the worst transportation crisis in America,Potts said in a somber floor speech.
• Woody Allen in San Jose Mercury News
  Our reading of the Supreme Court's most recent decision on this subject leads us to reply in the affirmative and hold that 'extra-unit litigation' may be charged to nonmembers where it satisfies the 'germaneness test' that generally applies to... Kermit Lipez http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Lipez&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEVuKTnYCXuRX8kGz_mBSTGjBJ6iw Central Maine Morning Sentinel http://www.google.com/url?q=http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4165575.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHW3Fnoep7YWrDp4Mcxwti7mYcLlA Aug 8, 2007 41777 57386 germanic It's a drama, but not heavy Germanic drama. Nobody dies. Nobody does anything terrible," Allen said.