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Alex Beam

A word that daren't speak its name

By Alex Beam
Globe Columnist / March 17, 2005

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Harry G. Frankfurt is an emeritus philosophy professor at Princeton University. His books include the well-received ''The Reasons of Love" (''a pleasure to read" -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews) and ''The Importance of What We Care About." But his latest book is his first to appear on a national bestseller list. It is called ''On ________." (Full article: 664 words)

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