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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...drunk at home in the past. In the 1970s, village people used to bring home ice cubes in insulated containers from city ice shops, to put in soft drink... ...d this system aroused bitterness. The guarantors operated as middlemen and creamed off their own fee based on the size of the debt. During the banking... ...on has become more varied; at least, children now get sweet things, candy, ice cream, Pepsi Cola, and their food contains more carbohydrates and prote... ...as become more varied; at least, children now get sweet things, candy, ice cream, Pepsi Cola, and their food contains more carbohydrates and proteins ... ...the world's televisions. In Thailand, lightening shampoos, lightening skin creams, nowadays also slimming creams are marketed for women. Contestants i... ...ir faces looked like chalk-white death masks. Officials warn that slimming creams are ineffective and that lightening creams cause cancer. But the adv... ....g. by providing barrels at roadsides; they have managed to stop mixing of ice cubes in the dousing water and spoiling of people's clothing with lime....

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