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The article delves into the pervasive bureaucratization of American life, emphasizing the detrimental effects of growing bureaucracies on society, including cost, power redistribution and diminished initiative. It highlights staggering statistics on administrative costs, particularly in healthcare and discusses the broader impact of bureaucratic control on various sectors like education and workplace culture.

The article explores the phenomenon of increased and prolonged illness post-pandemic, attributing it to the combination of COVID-19 with existing viruses, the waning immunity to common illnesses, and a heightened awareness of symptoms.

Features the Web site, papertoys.com, designed for people who are fond of paper work. Number of paper doll models available; Benefits of the site to users.

Reports that more and more artists are creating startlingly original origami that transcends the humble craft. Basic rule of leaving the starting sheet of paper intact; Examples of the works of origami artists on display at "Origami Masterworks," a show that has extended three more times after it opened in September 2003 at the Mingel International Museum in San Diego, California.

At the foot of a Union Square subway platform staircase, an artist focused on his delicate work, maneuvering a fold of black origami paper along half-open scissor blades. ''Scissor doesn't move, only paper moves,'' he said to the rider posing for him. ''Nice young man,'' he bantered. ''How old are you? Like your hair.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

IN a burst of do-it-myself enthusiasm I marched into the Madrid paper store De Papel(Calle Justiniano 7; 34-91-308-0152) recently and bought some beautiful hand-painted paper with which I planned to decoupage a rather lackluster lamp. But later that same day, with scissors in hand, I couldn't make the cut. The paper, an orderly arrangement of concentric turquoise and cobalt circles limned in gold and white, suddenly seemed like a brilliant modern redux of the bold blue-and-white Iznik pottery prized by the Ottoman sultans for centuries. It was too perfect to consider sacrificing even a strip of its loopy forms and is currently at the framer being put under glass. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on the art exhibition titled 'Works on Paper,' which is being held at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York City, as of February 27, 2004. Description of the paper art works that were featured in the exhibition; Viewing schedules.

Profiles Wendy Brackman of New York City, who creates hats from paper plates. Speed at which Brackman creates hats; Demonstrations given at various institutions, such as the Fashion Institute of Technology; Description of how Brackman came to develop her craft.

The article offers a preview on the Paper-Art Workshop for Rosh Hashana at Yeshiva University Museum on September 10, 2017, previews the book fair "Popupmania" at the Brooklyn Expo Center on September 10, and reviews the theatrical performance "That Chemistry Show," by Borislaw Bilash.

The article focuses on the charges against Charles Limmer, a Long Island man, who has been accused of smuggling 200,000 U.S. dollar worth of deceased, protected butterflies and other insects, using deceptive labels to conceal the illegal shipments and expressing contempt for the U.S. Fish.

The article focuses on the techniques of wrapping and cutting paper with the help of scissors.

Presents paper products. Calendar/clock; Paper vases; Plastic-coated paper clock; Paper containers for flowers or more papers; Rice-paper lamp shade.

The article reviews the exhibition "'Prick Up Your Ears'," featuring black-and-white cardboard cutout by artist Reba Maybury, at Karma gallery in Los Angeles, California through September 9, 2017.

Focuses on the handpainted wallpapers designed by Elizabeth Dow. Her application for patents on the techniques used in her reinvention of the look of wallpaper; Expansion of the boutique end of the United States wallpaper business; Cost; Features; Use by customers.

It is no small thing to make a hedgehog. The first time Eric Joisel tried it, it took nearly six years. But what a hedgehog it turned out to be: folded from a single sheet of paper, each crenellation sharp as the crease in a new pair of trousers, it captures the very essence of hedgehogness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Replies to a question regarding the so-called subway fold. Method of folding a newspaper without bothering the persons seated beside oneself; Step-by-step instructions on executing the subway fold.

The article reports that Ashraf Eshra of Brooklyn, New York City, has still not received the insurance money for his house that got damaged in a tornado on August 8, 2007. He states that despite the money being made available by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, most of the Brooklyn-based families including his family have not been able to receive the insurance claim as the paper work involved is too lengthy.

Profiles scientist Erik Demaine of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is the leading theoretician in the emerging field of origami mathematics. Published papers on the formal study of what can be done with a folded sheet of paper by Demaine including landmark results about the theory of folded structures; Background on Demaine and his precocious education; Expert in algorithms, Demaine who became an MIT professor at 20; His new work on protein folding.

Deals with the art exhibit `18th Century Fashion Fantasy' featuring women's gowns made out of paper at the Flynt Center of Early New England Life of the Historic Deerfield Museum in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Reasons behind the decision of Edward Maeder, curator of the museum's textile collection to recreate the 18th century fashion in paper; Features of the process of making the paper gowns; Amount of time allotted in making the paper dresses.

IN honor of Persephone!'' she announced, cracking open a pinkish orb. She handed me half and I stared, shocked, at the gleaming maroon seeds. She was plucking them with abandon, letting the juice stain her fingers, not caring. I tried to breathe. It was winter in Pittsburgh, I was 18 years old, and I had never seen a pomegranate. I'd met her weeks after arriving in Pittsburgh for college. Somewhat randomly her boyfriend had asked me: ''Would you like to come to our party? We're going to have this Balkan band from Albuquerque and a Norwegian folk singer play, an Indonesian shadow puppet performance, and everyone has to bring a pie.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on an analysis of origami in nature by Dr. Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan of Harvard. Highlights of his report, which appeared in the journal "Science"; Reference to the Miura-ori pattern; Suggestion that the nature of the skin of a leaf and its supporting framework to lead to the same efficient folding developed by Japanese scientist Dr. Koryo Miura that allows a map to be unfolded all at once; Description of the pattern, which is found in wings, flower petals and leaves.