It was the serum that kept him going until they could get the proper antidote.

Experience told him that someone as close to him as Jessica would not be the proper antidote for his present tensions.

The proper antidote is a gratifyingly sour Key lime pie, actually an individual tart with a dense crust, a scoop of coconut sorbet and a dose of pina colada sauce.

"N.Y.U. is working to ensure that we have adequate levels of the proper antidotes and pharmaceutical agents to treat patients, should they be exposed to cyanide," he wrote.

Vietnam gave us not just a tolerance for the grossest details of warfare but a firm sense that these details are the proper antidote to any lingering tendency to glorify war.

In 1892, the 400th anniversary, for instance, the emphasis was on Mexico's Spanish roots, which seemed a proper antidote to the 19th-century incursions of France and the United States.

Action was the proper antidote.

Nausea and vomiting can progress to complete liver failure in as little as 24 hours unless the problem is promptly recognized and the proper antidote given within 24 hours of a toxic dose.

But the proper antidote lies at the Federal level.

It remains to be seen whether Mr. Ullman has prescribed the proper antidotes.