When not indulging in his other great passion - cricket - Gifford will still be on hand to help out.

BBC: Gifford calls it a day

The pact would involve an undertaking from the banks "that they are not indulging in any unhealthy practices, " said Ms. Choure.

WSJ: India to Ask Investment Banks to Sign Integrity Pacts

And international financial activity will remain sluggish for some time because multinationals are not, in general, indulging in the global empire-building that gave the City so much work in the good times.

ECONOMIST: London's economy

But a paper in this week's Nature suggests that the technology for indulging in it has not changed much over the years, either.

ECONOMIST: The Romans, too, had sophisticated cosmetics

They're not the only ones indulging in wholesome entertainment.

WSJ: Menu

Anyone who thinks this was just a minor problem and everything would have been fine if we let everyone go broke is not thinking straight and is indulging in reconstructive thinking after the fact.

FORBES: Get Briefed: Howard Dean On Healthcare, Tax Cuts and 2012

But indulging in capsaicin does not quite meet the formal medical definitions of addiction.

ECONOMIST: Chilies

Thinking that we can just mandate higher wages or better working conditions as if we were waving a magic wand and thereby reduce poverty is indulging a belief in magic, not science.

FORBES: A Scientific Worldview Includes Economics

Whether or not the misunderstanding was deliberate, Mr Sadr is indulging in brinkmanship.

ECONOMIST: Iraq's Sadrist opposition