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• n  hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
• n  patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

• Rose distinguished the nostrum pushers from those seeking to bring yoga and science together.
• But the purveyor of that nostrum has something more valuable, to himself, than its ingredients.
• Reagan's nostrum has been the guiding philosophy of the past 30 years, a period of disdain for governance even Bill Clinton said, "The era of Big Government is over" that .

• panacea
• catholicon
• cure-all

News & Articles

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• Mare Nostrum, Barcelona: Ruta Meilutyte Rockets to European Record in 50 Breast
  By David Rieder BARCELONA, Spain, June 11. OLYMPIC champion Ruta Meilutyte blasted through the 30-second barrier in the long course 50 breaststroke today at the Barcelona stop of the Mare Nostrum s...
  June 11, 2013 - Swimming World Magazine
• Streamlined News: Mare Nostrum, Pan Am Masters Recaps
  PHOENIX, Arizona, June 11. BARCELONA welcomed some of the world's best swimmers today on the second stop of the three-meet Mare Nostrum circuit, and Ruta Meilutyte was definitely the highlight of th...
  June 11, 2013 - Swimming World Magazine
• Mare Nostrum, Monte Carlo: Camille Muffat, Jeremy Stravius Strong on Second Day
  By David Rieder MONTE CARLO, Monaco, June 9. THE first stop of the Mare Nostrum series in Monaco wrapped up with a handful of speedy swims, most notably from French swimmers Camille Muffat and Jere...
  June 9, 2013 - Swimming World Magazine

Quotes

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• Libby Lenton in The Age
  The reason I have decided to pull out of the Mare Nostrum team was because I want to get some good training done,Lenton said from Brisbane. "After having quite a full on start to the year in more ways than one, I wanted to have a bit of...
• Greg Clark in BBC News
  The traditional Conservative vision of welfare as a safety net encompasses another outdated Tory nostrum - that poverty is absolute, not relative,Mr Clark writes. "Churchill's safety net is at the bottom, holding people at subsistence...
• William F Buckley Jr in Dallas Morning News
  Almost certainly the package enacted by Congress will include a bit of every nostrum: lower tax rates, tax rebates, unemployment subsidies,Mr. Buckley writes in National Review. "What isn't likely to come out of it is generic reforms of a...