They've become more demanding, both of material goods and of T. and his wife's attention.
Consider both material goods and services, and consider all methods and points of purchase, both real and virtual".
Our culture revolves around acquisition of material goods, and that turns out to be a pretty dissatisfying pursuit.
In the latter half of the 20th century, Mesoamerican Indians experienced increased access to material goods and the global economy.
It also seems a good idea for people to reflect on whether material goods and benefits they now enjoy are the fruit of criminal misdeeds by their forebears.
Worse still, our addiction to material goods and a hectic lifestyle provides only a temporary plaster for gaping emotional and spiritual wounds, which only drives greater loneliness and unhappiness.
For there is of course a downside to sending Elian Gonzalez back to his father: Mr. Castro will claim victory (albeit in a conflict of our making) and the boy will forgo material goods and life chances.
We shop because we're bored, anxious, depressed or angry, and we make the mistake of buying material goods and thinking they are treats which will fill the hole, soothe the wound, make us feel better.
This definition is contrasted with a modern definition, which includes the pursuit of material goods and the pursuit of restrictions on freedoms -- happiness through envy, happiness through a smoking ban.
Mordant satire is uneasily matched with slapstick plot reversals, and it must be conceded that the objects of Pierre's contempt tabloid TV, consumer-culture idiocy, the American obsession with the sufferings of others, material goods, and "image"—are not very original.
What I mean is that Pope Francis, a man with whom I disagree profoundly on matters such as equal marriage and contraception, reminds us that the living world provides not only material goods and tangible services, but is also essential to other aspects of our wellbeing.
