Word: mildly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most of the ordinary tranquilizing drugs make these children worse by inducing depression. Methylphenidate is classed as an antidepressant and mild stimulant. "It may seem paradoxical to be giving a stimulant to already overactive, restless children and expect them to calm down," says Martin, "but that is exactly what happens. It is fascinating and exciting to watch a child who awakes mean and irritable. Within 15 to 30 minutes after taking methylphenidate he becomes calm and cooperative and is able to sustain concentration for four hours...
Lamentable Acts. In recent years there has been a mild relaxation of censorship in Spain, but The Strike was such strong fare that the regime took action. After several tribunals dithered over the case, the duchess was finally brought to trial by the Press Court set up in 1967 to handle "press offenses" that fall under the penal code. The trial of the diminutive, 32-year-old duchess took place in the tribunal's highceilinged, chandeliered chamber...
...CAROL BURNETT SHOW (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Trini Lopez and Nanette Fabray join Carol in spoofing soapers ("As the Stomach Turns") and westerns ("The Mild, Mild West...
Tailored Doses. In the small hospital that is part of the Atomic Energy Commission's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, Dr. George C. Cotzias tried an early, less purified form of dopa and obtained confusing results. Some patients with mild early symptoms got no better; others with more severe disease improved markedly, but in some cases the side effects, such as vomiting, were intolerably severe. Cotzias forecast that the more refined L-dopa form of the drug might be better, and manufacturers began to produce it in increasing amounts...
...Mild Medicine. If it hits most of the high spots, the Nixon machine also manages to avoid dangerous pot holes and slippery curves. Speeches tend toward the platitudinous and noncontroversial. To solve the drug problem, Nixon said he would triple the number of customs agents, review smuggling laws, and work to establish international commissions to stop traffic in narcotics. All were reasonable enough proposals but they seemed like mild medicine indeed for the devastating plague that Nixon talked about...