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...Munro's rural Ontario, where "drawbacks and adversity were not to be noticed, not to be distinguished from their opposites." Munro breaks the silence, but without devaluing the style. Not many writers can pull this off. It takes a balance of compassion and detachment worthy of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom...
...Incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea) itself, however, pulled its own attention-grabbing weight from the first scene. Monteverdi would have been proud, especially if he had seen the costuming. Perhaps it was the "irony" of looking at the scantily costumed goddess Virtue (Katie Szal '99), or the cute power behind choir boy Jonathan "Yoni" Heilman's role as Amor that so easily distracted me from the layout of the orchestra pit. More probably it was the beautiful magenta flush of the entire stage, revealed at last as the prelude finished...
...Cafe, which is named for the Greek goddess of the Earth, will serve smoothies such as the Cape Crimson, a blend of cranberry, strawberry and grape juices with honey. It will also feature fresh squeezed juices, lemonade and limeade...
...queen of the sea. Millions of revelers clad entirely in white, a symbol of purity in Afro-Brazilian culture, throng the beaches of Rio de Janeiro to placate Iemanja and court good luck by lighting candles and tossing flowers, cosmetics and other gifts into the ocean for the vain goddess...
...wife Karen, known as the Trading Goddess before she retired from professional investing, happened to drop by the hedge fund that I manage on Wednesday to see what all the commotion was about. As I sat stunned by the decline, she eagerly flipped through the charts looking for bargains. I told her not to waste her time--the market was in free fall...