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...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...
...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...
...Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America Davíd Carrasco was the first to present, showing the “Mapa de Cuauhtinchan,” a drawing of a pre-Colombian metropolis. When Carrasco pointed to a portion of the map where an Aztec goddess is leading her people into a new era of salvation, he remarked, “Here we have, perhaps, an earlier incarnation of President Faust...
...stories. In one version, her garment is painted to look like a peplos (a traditional dress worn by daughters of Athenian aristocracy). In another version, her garment is decorated with various animals and monsters, indicating the dress to be a traditional thependytes—a garment appropriate for a goddess. The exhibit also features three models, placed side by side, of “Torso of a Warrior” where the statue from the Athenian Acropolis first appears to be nude and carved out of white stone. However, in the second and third replica of the sculpture, color reveals...
...negotiations. "To the museum that returns stolen works, we loan for several years works that are equally important and valuable. Therefore, those spaces don't go empty," he said. Indeed, the most precious piece that the Getty has agreed to return - a 5th century B.C. statue of a goddess thought to be Aphrodite - will stay on display at the Los Angeles museum until...