The practitioners of such acts, especially in the realm of high finance, inevitably offer this defense: "Everybody else was doing it."

Some practitioners offer tattoos that they claim to be temporary, but will last for a period of years rather than days.

Therefore, these religions do not address it in their foundational teachings; however, modern practitioners have offered interpretations of their faith with regard to smoking.

This means that a practitioner offers the mandala of their own body in a ganachakra rite.

It therefore involves a substantial financial undertaking - although some practitioners offer reduced fee schemes.

In only 28 cases (40%) did the general practitioner offer a diagnosis, and in only 18 cases was the diagnosis correct - a diagnostic accuracy of 27%.

Many private practitioners offer good medical services.

Still, practitioners and their clients advise consumers to be cautious and offer the following tips.

Dr. Harris points out that when she was pregnant, her practitioners offered good care, but their answers to questions about her baby's development always seemed vague.

A young practitioner offered a further thought: Until 1910 under the Manchu dynasty, China was backward and corrupt.