Foment is a verb not a noun.  Ferment is the correct usage.
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From: "Rubensteins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [framcom] ferment note


> Re: yesterday's discussion of "ferment", from today's New York Times:
>
> WEEKEND ARTS
>
> From Lurid to Luminous: Pre-Nazi German Images
> Looking at this selection of German art at the Neue Galerie, it's hard not
> to think about the background of creative ferment that culminated in the
> rise of Nazism. With a slide show.
>
> While I too thought they intended to use "foment" (to provoke, stir up), I
> have learned something new.
> Anne Rubenstein
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