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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Smallest Advertisement Using a powerful microscope, IBM researchers lined up individual xenon atoms to spell out the company's initials. That clever display of know-how got magnified pictures of the minuscule logo into newspapers all over the world -- for free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Most of Science & Technology | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

McDonald's will probably replace its foam hamburger boxes with material similar to the thin paper used to wrap its smallest sandwiches. That is not a perfect solution either. The paper is not yet recyclable, and while it does break down in landfills, its production requires cutting down trees. But it takes up 90% less space than foam when discarded, and McDonald's is testing a paper-recycling technique in some of its California stores. If it can find alternatives, the chain may also replace its polystyrene plates and coffee cups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Burger to Go - Hold the Plastic | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

...Everyone encountered corruption when trying to accomplish the smallest task. The Chinese people felt unclean," Lord said...

Author: By Matthew A. Light, | Title: Author Predicts Unrest in China | 11/2/1990 | See Source »

Democratic gubernatorial nominee John R. Silber can count on the support of at least two Harvard students--the two that comprise the membership of Harvard's newest and smallest political group, Students for Silber...

Author: By Scott M. Finn, | Title: New Democrat Group Emerges | 10/19/1990 | See Source »

Even more restrictively, the Pope directs local bishops to take "the initiatives necessary" to strengthen a school's Catholic character. The decree's most contentious elements are printed in the smallest type: footnotes | cite clauses in the 1983 Code of Canon Law that mandate a local bishop's prior approval for appointments of religion teachers and that empower bishops to remove dissident faculty, although it is unclear how that would be accomplished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sweetness And Not a Lot of Light | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

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