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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Paris, her affinity for nature has come fully to light. The vision of Fontaine and renowned interior designer Andrée Putman, the spa emerges from a waterfall connecting the space's two levels. Once inside, spa-goers may select indulgent treatments like Amazonian Baptism or Bath of the Goddess, which use Fontaine's Cosmetique Bio skin-care line. A New York City location is due this spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spa Therapy | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...also the backbone of ideals like democracy and human rights, as well as the protector of rather more tawdry material like reality TV and Internet porn. We reward those who reveal their private lives. When Oprah Winfrey spoke of her childhood sexual abuse, she became a goddess in a society convinced that it's good to talk. While thousands of courageous Muslims regularly speak out on taboo subjects, the reception is often not so warm. Five years ago, Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani gang-rape victim, defied tribal custom by taking her rapists to court. In the West, she won plaudits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indecent Exposure | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...heroic or meritorious achievement" in part for attaining an unprecedented 98% survival rate for her patients, many of whom were victims of severe blast wounds. On Oct. 23, she received a Minerva Award at the California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women. Named for the Roman goddess whose image is on California's state seal, the award honors women who have "changed the state and nation with their courage, strength and wisdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond the Call of Duty | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...performed a Greek circle-dance. Drawing upon scientific theories of both the Big Bang and the Gaia Hypothesis, Berensohn emphasized the idea that art precedes science in his impromptu dissertations on topics like the Bible, our existence as “terraqueous beings,†and the living goddess that is the Earth.“Clay is made of stardust,†he said.During the dance portions of the workshop, Dakin began with a warm-up that focused on the dancer’s connection to the earth, embodying much of what Berensohn sought to convey.After lunch...

Author: By Anna K. Barnet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Clay and Dance Merge in Joint Program | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...After intense deliberation—basing decisions on creativity, craftsmanship, “je ne sais quoi,†sex appeal, and metropolocity—the judges declared the unanimous winner: Lucy “Goddess of Design†Baird...

Author: By Nicola C. Perlman and Nicole G. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Competition: Metropolitan | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

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