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...spell of his mad-scientist father and an evil twin named Cain -- swipes from Psycho and Michael Powell's sicko classic Peeping Tom. What's fun here is that De Palma has rung cunning changes on Hitchcockian twists. What if the car that Norman Bates watched sink into the swamp had a woman inside, clawing to save her life? What if abnormal Norman were to be questioned by the shrink who has decoded his warped family life? And what if Norman were to escape from custody to reveal an even creepier secret...
Once airborne, the mosquito becomes a flying machine that puts state-of-the- art aeronautics to shame. Mosquitoes have range: though most live out their lives within a radius of a kilometer or two, some swamp species have been known to fly more than 160 km (100 miles). And they have maneuverability: a mosquito flying through a rainstorm can land safe and dry on the nape of your neck after dodging hundreds of drops that to it are as big as falling refrigerators...
...soon his turn to be impressed. Using a compass and a battery-operated geopositioning system, we look for the two clearings. The system works by using signals sent from satellites and can pinpoint a position within 100 m. By taking a reading in the middle of a swamp near the camp (trees block the satellite signals), we are able to determine the way to the clearings...
...quick perusal of the section names gives a hint of the broad scope offered here: Rock, Zydeco, New Orleans Rockin' Rhythm and Blues, Country, Cajun, Tex-Max, American Indian, Blues Women, Dixieland, Big Band, Swamp, Comedy and Boogie all get separate bins. This is surely one of the few places in the world where you can find an old vinyl recording of "Song of the Suffragettes" along with easy listening anthologies and used Thompson Twins...
...danger is that Denmark's objections to the treaty will spread to other Community nations. Danes feared that membership in a new European union would swamp their tiny country's identity in a federal superstate and force them to lower strict national environmental and social standards to the E.C. level. Until the other Community members decide more precisely how to lay such worries to rest, important questions like approval of Brussels' new, bulging five-year budget will effectively be put on hold along with the applications for E.C. membership by Sweden, Finland and Austria...