Word: experiences
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though they are not yet available for prescription, and are not likely to be for a long time, "Abbott's memory pills" are the subject of growing enthusiasm among brain researchers. Until last week, the only evidence of the pills' ef fectiveness had been supplied by experi ments with rats; now there is encour aging preliminary evidence, reports Psy chiatrist D. Ewen Cameron, that the pills may help to mend the fraying mem ory of aging humans...
...Brit ain in 1947, so did Sikkim. But to the late Maharajah, freedom brought more problems than profit. One day in 1949, several thousand peasants swarmed around the blue and white royal palace (actually a large bungalow) demanding an elected national council and tax reforms. Tashi submitted to the experi ment in democracy for 29 days and then, feeling unable to cope with what was called "threatened disorder," asked India's Nehru for help. Nehru sent in troops and a dewan, or political officer. Ever since, India has handled Sikkim's foreign affairs and defense...