For example, reciting "The Memorare," a prayer to the Virgin Mary, provided an indulgence of three years, meaning, according to Father Albellan, that it was the equivalent of doing three years of physical penance or good works, Indulgences Were Once Sold The Vatican once sold indulgences -for the cause, it might be noted, of building St. Peter's Basilica.
The three Gulf mega-airlines, Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways, leverage billions of dollars in government subsidies to provide high-end indulgences to their passengers - but for too long the human cost of these luxuries has been hidden from the flying public.
The celebrity-and-less-famous-friend-go-travelling format has brought us some pretty dire programming in the past, but West Meets East managed to skirt self-indulgence and provide the viewer with, if not total enlightenment, then a glimmer of understanding, plus a look at a guy who has been holding one arm in the air for 40 years.
Like the self-torturer, such a collective must cope with the fact that while one more day, and perhaps even one more month of indulgence can provide great rewards without bringing about any significant alterations in (physical or psychic) health, "sustained indulgence is far from innocuous" (Andreou 2006, 101).
At breakfast, oatmeal thickened with a heaping tablespoon of peanut butter can provide the same wicked indulgence that pork sausage does.
The lip fixation is a result of stress, says Lauder: "In stressful times many consumers are reaching out for those small indulgences that provide momentary pleasure".
The so-called 31-line Indulgence provides the earliest precise date for European typography.
Whether well-intentioned or not, it provides cover for indulgence in the very attitudes it purports to condemn.
Maybe this wouldn't be a bad idea for someone trying to lose weight who's looking for a small indulgence -- provided she or he can keep them around without taking down the entire bag in one sitting.
Beyond the catharsis provided by these songs' structures, Metzer believes they appeal to listeners because they provide moments of earnest emotional indulgence -- which are rarities on the bubbly, glossy Billboard charts, populated as they are with teenage dreams and cheery commands to "Shake It Off".
