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• Oh Henry! What Henry James didn't do with Oliver Wendell Holmes (or anyone else).
  Leon Edel Dec. 12, 1996
  
• The Prophet Motive Daniel Bell's take on capitalism, 20 years later.
  Rick Perlstein Nov. 20, 1996
  
• Some Genius Maybe Leonardo wasn't such a great scientist after all.
  Jim Holt Nov. 13, 1996
  
• Great Awful Books Literature isn't about bad books, but history frequently is.
  Charles Paul Freund Oct. 17, 1996
  
• Stealing Beauty The joy of reading returns to the classroom.
  Alexander Star Sept. 18, 1996
  
• Quelle Différence? Biology dooms the Defense of Marriage Act.
  David Berreby Sept. 11, 1996
  
• Beauty's Truth A defense of scientific elegance.
  Jim Holt July 24, 1996
  
• The Art of Losing Why forgetting everything that ever appeared on the Web wouldn't be a disaster.
  David Berreby July 16, 1996
  
• Quick Fix The shrinks who are shrinking psychotherapy.
  Larissa MacFarquhar June 25, 1996