For example, Pam Nyberg, a senior buyer at Perry Drug Stores Inc., a 208-store chain based in Pontiac, Mich., had been reluctant to carry garlic tablets because they seemed like a fad product, until she heard about the heavy advertising spending planned.

The night staff were on by now, carrying on with their usual evening chores, settling patients for the night, taking round drinks, giving out sleeping tablets.

A lot of them are made to carry tablets and smart phones, with secure pockets on the inside of the garments to deter pickpocketers.

Will readers carry portable electronic tablets containing the Sunday NYT?

As it happens, I always carry sleeping tablets with me whenever I go on a visit.

The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker who bartered their wares and services for tablecloths and cooking pots avoided criticism, but lowly retailers - rivenditrice - who sold produce they had not grown themselves were compelled to carry banners or tablets bearing the shameful letter "R" to indicate their stigmatized trade.

All males over the legal age of sixteen, whichever class in society they occupied, were also required by law to carry wooden tablets on which their name, birth date, and other information was engraved.

A cheaply dressed Serian started down the stairs carrying tablets of laced bamboo; the leaves clattered against one another as he moved.

The rectangular pilastered plinth carries tablets recording the names of the dead, together with inscription above.

Carry hard candy or glucose tablets with you in case you have low blood sugar.