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CORDER’S COLUMN: Sine qua non
It may be the elevation of classicist Boris Johnston to the post of UK prime minister that nudged open the the nook in my mind where a handful of Latin phrases are stored, but the expression sine qua non — without this, nothing — popped into my head while reading the wisdom of retail guru Doug Stephens.