1.   Royal icing takes a little practice to spread evenly and pipe, but the results are well worth the effort.

2.   And the practice is spreading beyond that one religious group because many patients now fear getting hepatitis, AIDS or another disease from donated blood.

3.   As long as the practice does not spread to the mainstream media, it is not a significant issue, he said.

4.   As the practice has spread, unions have fought back, with mixed success, mostly at the bargaining table and rarely through strikes.

5.   But Christopher Causey, director of business development for TrendSource Inc., which sends out mystery shoppers, says the practice has spread to a greater variety of industries.

6.   But, as the practice has spread, the most dramatic increases have come among the poor, the young and those who have only recently retired.

7.   Expect the practice to spread.

8.   Monroe H. Freedman, who teaches legal ethics at the Hofstra University School of Law in Hempstead, N.Y., agrees that problems may arise as the practice spreads.

9.   Now this practice is spreading.