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...locally celebrated Mekhong Kurt, Generous George, Speedo Keith and a host of other larger-than-life characters, some of whom have been bouncing around Bangkok for decades. After more than a few fingers of bourbon, Squaronians delight in chewing the fat under the Texas Aggie flag and the moth-eaten Cape buffalo head that?alongside yellowed Waylon Jennings and Kitty Wells record covers?grace the bar's wood-paneled walls. They'll wax nostalgic over fortunes made and squandered, over women loved and comrades lost. They'll whisper of gun running in Laos, of Tet and of black ops. Tall...
...male red deer over several days is apparently quite effective at inducing reproductive readiness in females. Other species use more subtle signals to seduce their mates, including a full arsenal of sexy pheromones. A little of this chemical magic goes a long way: the merest trace of a female moth's scent will attract the attention of males from miles downwind...
Accepting the prize, Nair explained that she had decided to become a filmmaker at Harvard, after being inspired in “moth-eaten rooms in Sever” as a Visual and Environmental Studies concentrator...
...problem is that in purely economic terms, this style of selling is a nightmare for consumers and the economy. The shelves at Nakamura's shop are dusty and sprinkled with the odd dead moth, selection is poor (no dairy, baked goods or produce, not even those apples Nakamura serves her guests), and prices are high. "Sometimes, when people come in," says Nakamura, "I hear them say, 'Oh, it is so expensive!' But I can't cut my prices; that would be suicide. I am barely breaking even." And fair enough, the high prices are not really her fault. They...
...Saengau rummages in a drawer and puts on a video of Baan Yandee's New Year festival. It shows a noisy, musical procession, where an elderly chap is carried though cobbled streets on a moth-eaten throne. "That's Jau Phaendin," he says reverently. "He is allowed to come back to his village once every year...