The reason was explained in a superb article last month in The (London) Times Literary Supplement by Thomas Nagel, professor of philosophy and law at New York University.

A superb article.

Anyway, superb article - straight down the line appreciation without the distancing cynicism some people like to adopt when talking about culture from their earlier years.

To the Editor: Your superb article on the glories of Copper Canyon, "Making Tracks in the Mountains" (Jan. 12), was examined in the minutest detail.

I read your superb article on the N.C.A.A., and you hit the nail directly on the head.

To the Editor: I am writing to thank James Sterngold for his superb article "Kyoto as It Used to Be" (May 30, 1993).

Congratulations on a superb article; Trip Gabriel's "Cliffhanger" (Dec. 31) just makes it for the end of a decade.

There is a superb article on the way Marxist historians have misused the works of Michel Foucault, and another on the leftist myths surrounding the Spanish Civil War.

Jason DeParle's superb article called to mind political wisdom different from President Bush's "healthy marriage" initiative (Aug. 22).

Absolutely superb article.