Supplicative prayer, by contrast, is the more selfish version, in which one prays for rain, to pass an examination, to recover from an illness (or, less selfishly, for someone else to recover from an illness).

When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something.

Sodertalje, a scenic industrial town about 20 miles southwest of Stockholm, is home not just to the truckmaker Scania, which has its main factory here, but also to a thriving and growing population of Iraqis, most of them Christians. Ms. Ewas chose Sodertalje because her brother lives here.

In this sense, a campaign to respect the rights of nonsmokers in public places through legislation is a product that is as real as a Winston that tastes good like a cigarette should. This broader, more abstract definition also means the conventional theory of a product life cycle is pertinent to metamarket organizations.