That Falun Gong, whose belief system represented a revival of traditional Chinese religion, was being practiced by a large number of Communist Party members and members of the military was seen as particularly disturbing to Jiang Zemin; according to Julia Ching, Jiangg accepts the threat of Falun Gong as an ideological one: spiritual beliefs against militant atheism and historical materialism.
Qigong, a mind body exercise within the paradigm of traditional Chinese medicine, is practiced by a large number of people in Chinese communities.
"Culture is an axis of diplomacy that was practiced by any number of autocratic regimes, Hitler as well as Stalin," said Lorraine de Meaux, one of the two curators of the "Intelligentsia" exhibition at the École des Beaux Arts, which closed last week.
Denmark has a long tradition for free fertility treatment for infertile couples, and fertility tourism to other countries is primarily practiced by a small number of couples seeking egg donation (low availability in Denmark), simultaneous sperm and egg donation, or surrogacy (illegal in Denmark).
In fact, this compassion training is based on practices by a number of contemplative traditions that have been practiced over 2500 years.
Simon Tam, a Hong Kong-based wine consultant, wrote a pair of articles on Jancis Robinson's Web site describing what he called "common practice by a number of wine importers to systematically undervalue the declared value of wine" by more than fifty per cent.
Prior to the start of the study, the nurses completed a two-day course on how to conduct the interview, followed by practicing on a number of healthy subjects.
For example, in recent exercises by the naval arm of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran has practiced "swarming" attacks by a number of small, fast boats that could be loaded with high explosives; if one such boat got through, it might blast a hole in the hull of a major American warship.
Theme (2) Changing clinician views reflected a necessary transformation of practice experienced by a number of clinicians through working to integrate self-management approaches into their practice.
In publicizing the arrests, General Oates is adopting the practice used by a number of municipalities.
