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...tell the story of modernity through its mundanity. Thus was born the Harper's Index, a monthly potpourri of pop trivia gleaned from the chroniclers and quantifiers of all things great and small. The result was a corps of diehards who didn't know they were interested in such micro-bytes of information as the percentage of Icelanders who believe in elves (5) or the diameter of the real-life "wheel of fortune" (8 feet, 6 inches...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Untrivial Pursuits | 11/3/1987 | See Source »

However, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government Samuel P. Huntington, who has blamed Congress for micro-managing American foreign policy, said only, "Thank God it's over...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Profs Say Hearings Helpful | 8/4/1987 | See Source »

...authorize the diversion, he seemed not to want to know too much about the deals: he testified that he never asked North how much money was being diverted to the contras; the admiral, known for his attention to detail, said he was not concerned with such bits of "micro- management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Admiral Takes the Hit | 7/27/1987 | See Source »

...Because measles is a droplet infection, it mostly occurs in closed environments when little micro-droplets from breathing are carried along by dust or particles from hair spray," says Postel...

Author: By James Hare, | Title: Not Just for Kids Anymore: Measles Hit Dartmouth | 5/22/1987 | See Source »

...used." But are items of manufacture necessarily inanimate? Apparently not. In 1930, Congress voted to approve the patenting of new plants produced by grafts, cuttings or other asexual methods. Half a century later the Supreme Court went even further and ruled that the law would apply to genetically engineered micro-organisms, such as a new strain of bacteria designed to gobble up oil spills. In the view of the court, "anything under the sun that is made by man" could be patented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: Should Animals Be Patented? | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

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