JANUARY 15, 2001

Full News Archive

• Headline: Giants' Dominance: NFC Championship Victory. Impact: The Giants' 41-0 victory over the Vikings inspired countless couch potatoes to believe they too could achieve greatness from the comfort of their living rooms. Who knew that a football game could lead to a worldwide surge in nacho sales and an explosion of fantasy football leagues?. Fact: The Giants' blowout was so impressive that even their own fans started to wonder if they had accidentally wandered into a different sport..
• Headline: Sprint's Vision for Unified Communication Services. Impact: Sprint's aspirations to offer one-stop communications inadvertently accelerated the creation of 10,000 confusing phone plans, leading to a societal decline in understanding simple billing statements. Thanks, Ronald T. LeMay, for making our lives just a tad more miserable.. Fact: Sprint's attempts to simplify telecommunications could have been a plot twist in a dystopian novel about a world where people are just trying to figure out their phone bills..
• Headline: Gail Godwin's Journey Into Nonfiction. Impact: Gail Godwin's shift from fiction to nonfiction encouraged a generation of writers to tackle the complexities of the human heart. This eventually led to a surge in self-help books, as everyone suddenly thought they could be the next 'experts' on matters of the heart.. Fact: By writing about the heart, Godwin unintentionally paved the way for an entire genre of books that make you question your life choices while you cry into your wine..