Word: buffalo
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...Democratic Republic of Congo when he saw a dark shape racing between two patches of tropical forest. "It was huge," says Pontier, a missionary pilot. "It was black. The skin was kind of bouncing up and down on it." From its bulk and color, Pontier thought it was a buffalo until he circled down for another look. "I saw it again just before it went into the forest," he says. "It was an ape--and a big one." Not buffalo size...
...many businesses survive, never mind thrive, with a customer-satisfaction rate of 50%. Somehow that ratio doesn't do justice to the 68,756 patrons packing spiffy Gillette Stadium and the 5.5 million homes watching ESPN as quarterback Tom Brady leads the New England Patriots past the Buffalo Bills. Armed with a game plan designed by the league's best coach, Bill Belichick, Brady dismantles the Bills. No doubt Bills customers at home in western New York are disappointed. Two weeks earlier, it was the Pats turn to disappoint, courtesy of a whipping from the surging Pittsburgh Steelers. The real...
...original settlers on the frontier (read: 1700’s frontier frontier, not Prada and Paltrow fashion frontier) wore moccasins for which they had bartered with the Indians, knowing that the shoes had been designed for comfort and wear. These moccasins were made from real buffalo-hide. Today, those practical measures for wear are certainly obsolete, as most moccasins are made with low-grade suede and can be obtained for around...
Note to parents: if you are thinking of offering your teenagers some holiday wine or spiked eggnog this season, you might consider the latest study from the University of Buffalo. Researchers surveyed the drinking habits of 2,200 Americans and found that the younger their subjects were when they had their first drink, the more likely they were to abuse alcohol as adults. The scientists were even able to quantify the risk: for every year earlier that an adolescent starts imbibing, the chances of becoming a problem drinker increase 12%. They also found that kids who begin drinking as teens...
...Luang Prabang, the 3 Nagas bills itself as the first fine-dining venue in Laos to serve unadulterated indigenous cuisine. Even if that up-country favorite, fried red ants, has yet to make it on the menu, the dishes certainly have zing. Try the or nam (a hearty buffalo casserole, in which the aged meat is stewed with pepperwood and mixed with leaves), the raw buffalo with fresh herbs and banana flowers or catfish from the Mekong River, wrapped in banana leaves and dressed with pa daek - a fermented fish sauce. Three-course meals, shared Lao-style, cost around...