As expense account legends go, that's a sorry one, but the realm of corporate travel and entertainment expenses is rich in narrative and, like everything else, undergoing major changes.
But the news from the fragrance front is not all bad; perfumes, like everything else, undergo a process of change, a "gradual evolution in taste," Mr. Ellena calls it.
But those are exactly the kinds of works that went on display in Moscow last month at a large exhibition of paintings and drawings by children who have come to the hospital from around Russia to undergo everything from bone marrow and kidney transplants to facial reconstructive surgery.
Like everything America has undergone in the 21st century, it is far too sophisticated for pat simplicities.
During the next two and a half years of harsh and debilitating chemotherapy treatment my doctors and parents were completely open about everything I would undergo.
For me it's sad to see the end of this place as it reflects the changes our society is undergoing, everything is accelerated now and social environments where one could go contemplate the muses are quickly disappearing..
Friends managed to save her, and although Ms. Shuai did everything she could, including undergoing cesarean surgery, her newborn died shortly after birth.
"It gave me something to focus on other than the pain and the humiliation and the torture and the trauma and everything else I was undergoing.
After he underwent testing, everything became sort of a blur I only remember now in fragmented images, emotions, bursts of words, and conversations leftover in my brain.
The awareness that everything changes -- the body undergoes changes and so does the mind -- brings a sense of equanimity within us.
