OCTOBER 21, 1992

Full News Archive

• Headline: Golf's Potential Inclusion in 1996 Olympics. Impact: If golf had been added to the Olympics in '96, the future might have seen golf carts become the official Olympic vehicle. Imagine athletes zooming past the finish line in electric buggies, leading to the first-ever 'Golf Cart Olympics' in 2040. You heard it here first!. Fact: Golf was added to the Olympics in 1900 and taken out in 1904, proving that even then, the sport was a little too 'tee-rribly' boring for the Olympic crowd..
• Headline: Revival of Sutton Hotel on East 56th Street. Impact: Reviving the Sutton Place Hotel led to the boom of boutique hotels, spawning a travel trend where people pay extra for a 'rustic, lived-in' experience, which is just code for, 'We don’t clean that often.'. Fact: Sutton Place was once a fancy hotel but spent more time in mothballs than a grandma's attic. The irony is that now, you can pay top dollar to sleep in a 'vintage' hotel room..
• Headline: Companion Killed Greens' Founder, Bonn Police Say. Impact: The tragic end of Petra Kelly not only shook the Green Party but also inadvertently inspired countless conspiracy theories about environmental activists. Who knew a murder-suicide could spark such a wild imagination?. Fact: Petra Kelly was a trailblazer in environmental politics, and her untimely death marked a significant turning point for the Green Party, proving that even in politics, the personal can become profoundly tragic..
• Headline: Bonn Signals It May Cut Key Rates. Impact: Bonn's monetary decisions could be traced to a global obsession with low rates, which eventually led to a new era of spending sprees and a general belief that money grows on trees—until reality hit hard in the 21st century.. Fact: The term 'Bundesbank' might sound like a fancy German dessert, but it’s actually the name of Germany's central bank, which has a penchant for keeping the economy on a tight leash, like a dog that doesn't know how to fetch..