OCTOBER 14, 1984

Full News Archive

• Headline: Crafts and Cookware Through Time. Impact: This culinary showcase inadvertently set off a global obsession with multi-purpose cookware that can handle everything from baking bread to launching a rocket. Just wait until the first astronaut tries to cook a soufflé in zero gravity.. Fact: Did you know that if you can cook in outer space, you can pretty much cook anywhere? Just saying!.
• Headline: WHAT'S NEW IN OFFICE POLITICS?; COPING WITH AN INSECURE BOSS. Impact: This article sparked a revolution in office dynamics, leading to the creation of 'office therapy' sessions where employees gather to share how their boss's latest meltdown affected their coffee breaks. Who knew insecurity could be so productive?. Fact: Did you know that the average insecure boss thinks a compliment is a hostile takeover?.
• Headline: HAVE CLOAK AND DAGGER, WILL TRAVEL. Impact: The resurgence of interest in CIA careers led to a series of spy-themed children's toys, inadvertently turning a generation into aspiring spies—who are now all too aware that the best spies have really cool gadgets (and no actual idea how to use them).. Fact: Did you know that the CIA once tried to recruit cats as spies? They were deemed too unpredictable..
• Headline: ROTATION OF CASEEWORKERS IS CRITICIZED. Impact: This criticism brought about a legacy of advocacy that eventually led to mandatory training for child protective workers. Unfortunately, it also led to a lot of meetings where everyone pretended to listen while secretly checking their phones.. Fact: It's a sad truth that sometimes 'rotation' just means 'let's make this harder for everyone involved.'.
• Headline: AT LUNCH, THE BUSINESS IS BUSINESS. Impact: The concept of business lunches paved the way for the eventual rise of brunch as a social phenomenon, where business deals are made over mimosas and eggs benedict. Now that's what I call 'serious networking.'. Fact: Did you know that brunch is just breakfast's way of saying, 'I can't function that early'?.
• Headline: POEMS AND STORIES POUR IN TO MAGAZINE IN STRATFORD. Impact: Napoleon St. Cyr's enthusiasm for poetry led to an unexpected resurgence in literary magazines, inspiring the rise of countless amateur poets who now believe they are the next great voice of their generation—despite their poems being about cats.. Fact: Fun fact: The only thing more common than unsolicited poetry submissions is the number of times poets believe their work will change the world..