Word: pilling
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...older man. Both outside forces--the network's lack of support for the show, the repressive atmosphere of the McCarthy era--and internal ones threaten the happy time represented by Laughter, as time itself brings changes to all of the characters Max, the star of the show, is a pill-popping alcoholic whose addictions only grow worse; Carol and Milt face motherhood and divorce respectively; and Brian makes good on his oft-stated declaration that he is going to leave for Hollywood. This did not detract from the laughs generated from the play but only made them more poignant...
...Pill and such newer, longer-lasting variants as the Norplant implant and the Depo-Provera injection do endure, however, still-effective survivors of a revolution that seems to be winding down...
...endocrinologists Gregory Pincus, John Rock and C.R. Garcia develop the birth-control pill...
...sleeping pill, thalidomide, is prescribed in Britain and Germany. It is later found to cause severe birth defects and taken off the market...
...French government approves use of RU 486, the so-called abortion pill...