JANUARY 18, 1995

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• Headline: Discover Pasolini's 1962 Cinema Masterpiece. Impact: This film sparked a wave of avant-garde cinema that made directors question if they should just throw in every bizarre idea they had. Thanks, Pasolini! Now we have movies about sentient pickles and existential crises in space.. Fact: Did you know that Pasolini was not just a director but also a poet? Apparently, he thought, 'Why let my film be just disturbing when I can also confuse you with my poetry?'.
• Headline: Batterymarch Building Receives New Life. Impact: Renovating this building led to a gentrification domino effect that turned downtown Boston into a place where even pigeons have mortgages. Now the only thing less affordable than housing is a decent cup of coffee.. Fact: Fun fact: The Batterymarch Building was once home to some of Boston's most iconic businesses. Now it's just a fancy shell that costs more to renovate than a small country’s GDP..
• Headline: Joy Hakim's Impact on Social Studies Learning. Impact: This initiative led to a generation of kids who actually cared about history. Fast forward, and we have a populace that might remember who George Washington was but can’t recall where they put their keys.. Fact: Did you know that Joy Hakim's books made kids prefer reading over video games? Little did she know, that would lead to a future where kids would ask, 'What's a book?'.
• Headline: THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Milwaukee Papers to Merge And Publish in the Morning. Impact: The merger resulted in a newspaper so generic that it inadvertently led to the rise of online news. The only thing more exciting than reading the morning paper is watching paint dry.. Fact: Did you know that as a result of this merger, the average reader now has the same excitement level as waiting for a bus? At least the bus might have Wi-Fi..