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Thus, it will certainly be a while before antiviral treatments or even vaccinations will make it into our clinical armamentum for obesity prevention or management.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Obesity Goes Viral? 2009
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Wolfgang Leibenwein has discerned another narrative from the east wall imagery, in the form of an ethical fable. 54 "The prudent ruler [represented by the squirrel], enriched by the experience and humanity derived from his active/contemplative pursuits [the dialectic of armariolum/armamentum], provides for the well-being [the basket of fruit] of his state [the cityscape and surrounding lands]."
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Meanwhile, Federico's armor was known as arma, and an arsenal for arms and armor was called an armamentum.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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With weapons and instruments of scholarship interspersed throughout its cabinets, this etymological play — transparent to Federico's colleagues52 — suggests that the entire Urbino studiolo may be interpreted simultaneously as an armariolum and armamentum, a witty spin on the traditional rhetorical trope of the vita activa and vita contemplativa. 53 48
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Something else to add to my armamentum as to why meat is so good for us.
Meat diet reduces risk of pancreatic cancer | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Si quis intestatus ex hac vita decedat, sive sit per negligentiam ejus, sive per mortem subitaneam, tunc non assumat sibi dominus plus possessionis (æhta) ipsius quam justum armamentum; sed post mortem possessio (æhtgescyft) ejus quam justissime distribuatur uxori et liberis, et propinquis cognatis, cuilibet pro dignitate quæ ad cum pertinet.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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