1. Others suggested it was a calmative used in previous wars. 2. The American and British militaries have discussed developing calmative weapons that would incapacitate or repel people. 3. She told a reporter, " A hospital stay as a nerve calmative is extremely costly. 4. The researchers found " use of non-lethal calmative techniques is achievable and desirable ." 5. To rescue them, the Russian military used a calmative agent in an attempt to subdue the rebels. 6. Madrid works for Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory, which is studying the calmative -pepper spray mix. 7. The Russians are reported to have used such " calmative " agents in the Afghan war of the 1980s. 8. Ginger, long recognized as a gastrointestinal calmative , has been shown in controlled studies to be very helpful, even for carsick dogs and children. 9. According to a statement on the group's site, the calmative agent was developed at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. 10. "First Love " and " The Calmative , " however, Beckett comes into his own in a sudden, startling leap.