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  • Germs from the office front door, that hygiene-challenged guy two cubes over that insists on shaking hands, the quarter you found in the grime in front of the vending machine, they all sneak their way onto the most touched things in your office.

    Give Your Computer And Peripherals A Clean | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Finally, the attempt in Germs to call attention to an allegedly conspicuous gap in America's defenses against bio-terrorism paradoxically illuminates a crucial weakness that may indirectly have contributed to the success of the September 11 attacks.

    One-Alarm Fire 2001

  • That's the recommendation of Judith Miller in her new book "Germs" -- maybe we should.

    CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2001 2001

  • When Jaime Zacarias, aka Germs, stopped by the afterparty and introduced himself, Deitch immediately googled the artist on his iPhone and was brimming with questions.

    Mat Gleason: January '11 L.A. Art World Gossip Mat Gleason 2011

  • When Jaime Zacarias, aka Germs, stopped by the afterparty and introduced himself, Deitch immediately googled the artist on his iPhone and was brimming with questions.

    Mat Gleason: January '11 L.A. Art World Gossip Mat Gleason 2011

  • When Jaime Zacarias, aka Germs, stopped by the afterparty and introduced himself, Deitch immediately googled the artist on his iPhone and was brimming with questions.

    Mat Gleason: January '11 L.A. Art World Gossip Mat Gleason 2011

  • When Jaime Zacarias, aka Germs, stopped by the afterparty and introduced himself, Deitch immediately googled the artist on his iPhone and was brimming with questions.

    Mat Gleason: January '11 L.A. Art World Gossip Mat Gleason 2011

  • The Germs are the L. A.-based punk unit founded in 1977 by legendary frontman Darby Crash, guitarist Pat Smear (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), and bassist Lorna Doom.

    Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Seventy-Seven 2009

  • Terrific writer and co-author of the No. 1 "New York Times" bestseller "Germs" -- there you see its cover -- "Biological Weapons and America's Secret War."

    CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2002 2002

  • Basically, you have to be rated first to then be underrated, so this Los Angeles List is not a check off of: hot new artists or trendsetters (if it were it would include Jaime "Germs" Zacarias and Mark Allen), masters of craft and pictorial poetry (which would be led by Martha Alf and Lisa Adams), nor of overlooked gems (I'd much rather write 1,500+ words on Ben Sakoguchi and the legendary Chaz Bojorquez).

    Mat Gleason: The Ten Most UNDERRATED Los Angeles Art World Stars 2010

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