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PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON had just been elected to a second term. The Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta had been the hot story of the summer. Hulk Hogan and The New World Order brought the Monday Night War between WCW Nitro and WWF Raw to a fever pitch. Tammy Sytch was enjoying sunny days as the darling of the Internet.

The “Information Superhighway,” as it was called back in 1996, hadn’t made its way into most businesses, let alone most homes. In fact, that was the only barrier between me and a dream gig with PWI.

“Do you have a modem?” asked then-Publisher Stu Saks. Obviously, I knew what a modem was, having

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