MAY 27, 1990

Full News Archive

• Headline: Long Island Water Corp Faces Legal Setback. Impact: The Long Island Water Corporation's defeat set off a chain reaction, causing a sudden influx of backyard swimming pools to spring up, leading to a nationwide pool shortage and ultimately sparking a bizarre trend of inflatable pool parties featuring karaoke.. Fact: Water caps are not just a quirky New York thing; they’re also a great excuse for why your plants just won’t survive!.
• Headline: Long Island's Mozart Music Festivals. Impact: The success of the Mozart festivals led to a nationwide obsession with classical music, resulting in a peculiar spike in the sales of powdered wigs and an unexpected trend of hip-hop Mozart remixes, confusing everyone.. Fact: Mozart once said, 'The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.' Which is just another way of saying 'I need a break from all this composing!'.
• Headline: New Jersey's Housing Initiative Struggles. Impact: The failure to provide affordable housing prompted a major movement of people into tiny homes, which became the next big thing—until people realized living in a shoebox isn’t as glamorous as it sounds.. Fact: They say home is where the heart is, but in New Jersey, it seems the heart is perpetually on a budget..
• Headline: DINING OUT; Hearty Dishes With Fresh Ingredients. Impact: The rise of Cafe Louis's mediocre reputation led to an influx of food bloggers who, in their quest for authenticity, accidentally made it trendy to eat food that tastes like cardboard, sparking a culinary renaissance of blandness.. Fact: Eating at mediocre restaurants is like dating someone with the personality of a brick wall—it's less about the experience and more about the stories you can tell!.
• Headline: A Medieval Gem in Provence Page 15 and 16 By Edward Harper; EDWARD HARPER is the author of ''The Heracles Commando'' (Pocket Books), writes fiction under the name Edward McGhee; he lives near Uzes, France, several months a year. Mary Lee Townsend, a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., contributed to this article.. Impact: The revelation of Provence's tumultuous history inspired a group of modern-day treasure hunters who believed they could find lost Renaissance riches, only to discover that all they unearthed were half-buried garden gnomes.. Fact: The fall of Rome may have led to a lot of chaos, but at least it gave us some pretty epic stories to tell at dinner parties!.
• Headline: Looking at Curriculum for the Future. Impact: The future-focused curriculum discussions led to an unexpected surge in the popularity of quantum physics among high school students, who still had no clue what it meant but were just thrilled to sound smart.. Fact: Looking into the future is great until you realize your crystal ball is just your phone's calendar app—it doesn’t tell you much either!.
• Headline: MUSIC; American Boychoir To Give Benefit Concert. Impact: The Boychoir's benefit concert became so popular that it inadvertently started a nationwide trend of children forming choirs, leading to a shortage of parental earplugs and an uptick in 'Do Not Disturb' signs.. Fact: Boychoirs are proof that even the youngest among us can hit high notes while the rest of us struggle to hit the snooze button in the morning!.
• Headline: Your Own Account; Planning for Catastrophe. Impact: Lois Ardery's struggle resonated nationwide, inspiring a peculiar rise in 'emergency preparedness' kits that included everything from canned beans to board games, just in case the world went mad.. Fact: Cerebral hemorrhages are no joke, but they do make for some pretty dramatic plot twists in family stories—just ask Lois!.
• Headline: Don't Pet the Dinosaurs, Museum Hit Show Asks. Impact: The robotic dinosaurs sparked a fascination with prehistoric creatures, leading to a bizarre spike in dinosaur-themed pet costumes and a growing trend of people naming their kids after extinct species.. Fact: The only thing more extinct than dinosaurs is the idea that you can pet one without losing a limb—unless you’re in a museum, of course!.
• Headline: Business and Labor In an Appeal to Schools. Impact: The collaboration between business and labor led to the creation of an entirely new curriculum focused on 'How to Adult 101,' which promptly became the most failed class in history.. Fact: Bringing business and labor together is like mixing oil and water—except sometimes, you get a surprisingly good salad dressing out of it!.