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The Kaufman and James recordings sound more like something out of the buttoned-up Gay Nineties than the libertine Roaring ’20s or the Big Band Era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Mr Matthews, 68, ran the pub for a few years in the Nineties.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

As a teenager, she followed her married sister to Washington and embraced the cultural and social life of the booming Gay Nineties city.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023

Their new book, “Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now,” features a scrapbook of voices, emotions and memories from an era in which Asian American culture was forged and transformed.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2022

Henri had suddenly decided that the old-fashioned pincushion was an art form which had flowered and reached its peak in the Nineties and had since been neglected.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck