Perhaps the most bizarre legacy of India's failure to forge a humane, coherent immigration policy, free from the hangovers of colonialism, lies in a tiny parcel of land called Dahala Khagrabari #51.
PAGE A11 New York A PROPERTY STANDS OUT WHEN TIDES ARE LOW Rat Island, a tiny parcel of vacant, mussel-littered land in Long Island Sound off City Island, lacks electricity or sewer lines.
And yet, for that customer seeking noncity living in New York — with no neighbors, no traffic and no noise save the squawking of the birds that nest there — Rat Island, a tiny parcel of vacant, mussel-littered land in Long Island Sound off City Island, might just fit the bill.
Instead of a tiny parcel, the vegetables and sheep's cheese ended up as a big family pie.
It helps that on a tiny parcel of English soil, theater, film and TV thrive and cross-fertilize.
A tiny parcel was left over, which became "Extra" Street when the grid pattern was cut through.
The tiny parcel where Ms. Nair unwinds, for instance, was bought by the city in 1974 to create a pocket park.
Throughout my life, I've been infuriated by the tendency of our social structure to allow theft, as long as the loss is distributed in tiny parcels among a large number of people.
Ham biscuits meant for nibbling are mini-popovers sandwiching a small curl of ham and a dollop of molasses butter — tiny parcels of satisfaction, which get eaten in seconds.
"In the U.S. and Japan, we had very tiny, tiny business with a tiny, tiny share," Mr. McIlwee said.
