How an idea spread and grew on the Internet.

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• Bound in Chains The evolutionary strategies of those annoying e-mail chain letters.
  Seth Stevenson July 20, 1997
  
• Apology Not Accepted Crack and the Contras: A newspaper retracts, but the Web stands firm.
  Karenna Gore May 16, 1997
  
• Dirty Linen Why are they saying all those mean things about Tommy Hilfiger?
  Lakshmi Gopalkrishnan April 11, 1997
  
• The Cult, the Comet, and the Web From Rancho Santa Fe to Heaven's Gate.
  David Plotz March 29, 1997
  
• The Conspiracy Commerce Department Is there an Internet plot against Clinton, or has he been Web-surfing too much?
  David Plotz Jan. 18, 1997