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World War II rationing restricted the purchase of gas, sugar, flour, nylons and many other staples that Americans had learned to love. When they were restricted, people craved them. In post war America, when the restrictions were lifted, many people flocked to the stores to buy up the products they missed, increasing product consumption greatly.

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