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Fri 10 Oct 2007Nancy Drew'Oh, think yow." That's what the latest version of Nancy Drew says whenever somebody hands her a biscuit or compliments the modesty of her decolletage. "Think yow." There's something about those pinched, small-town American vowels - not to mention the ironed hair and gleaming knee socks - that urges you to run at the juvenile detective with oily hands and push her into a cowpat.Nancy Drew **