ABSTRACT

The early 1990s were a long time ago. So it seems even from the vantage point of the early 2000s. They represent a primitive era when people were forced to sit in restaurants and walk down streets without being able to talk on cell phones; when the Internet was still largely the province of college math professors; when Princess Diana was still alive and still married to Prince Charles, and O.J. Simpson was still just a sports commentator and minor movie actor. Many things changed during that decade.