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  2. Another '70's flashback: The meat crisis - AOL

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    With the return of inflation, insane gas prices, and Peter Brady, it's started to look like the 1970's revival is almost complete. However, as any cultural historian will attest, no reiteration of ...

  3. 1973 meat boycott - Wikipedia

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    The boycott rose out of small, local organizations of consumers across the country as prices for meat rose dramatically. [4] [5] These groups were primarily female led, as women traditionally bought the groceries for their households, and these groups grew both from people that only joined together around this issue and already existing women's and community groups.

  4. Here's What 40 Celebrities Looked Like in the 1970s vs. Today

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    Here's what 40 celebrities who have been famous since the 1970s look like today, from Bruce Springsteen to Paul McCartney, Madonna, Diana Ross, and Mick Jagger.

  5. Rationing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    People were encouraged to keep victory gardens or shop locally in order to conserve transportation for the war effort. People were also encouraged to participate in 'Meatless Mondays', and when meat was served, all parts of the animal were to be eaten, including the offal. Wheat alternatives were encouraged, such as barley, corn, oats and ...

  6. United States Army beef scandal - Wikipedia

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    The United States Army was poorly prepared for the war. [1] The contract was arranged hurriedly and at the lowest-possible cost by Secretary of War Russell A. Alger from the Chicago "big three" meatpacking corporations, Morris & Co, Swift & Co, and Armour & Co.

  7. 24 Discontinued '70s and '80s Foods That We'll Never ... - AOL

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    Radical Eats. Snack foods, insta-meals, cereals, and drinks tend to come and go, but the ones we remember from childhood seem to stick with us. Children of the 1970s and 1980s had a veritable ...

  8. 1970s commodities boom - Wikipedia

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    Sugar prices spiked in the 1970s because of Soviet Union demand/hoarding and possible futures contracts market manipulation. The Soviet Union was the largest producer of sugar at the time. In 1974, Coca-Cola switched over to high-fructose corn syrup because of the elevated prices. [6] [7] [verification needed] Sugar prices 1962–2022

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