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No sugar tonight: The sweet shortage of the 1920s

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In 1920 , not enough sugar was arriving from B.C. refineries and in the United States , there were squabbles and scarcity over the purchase of Cuban crops of sugar.

Industry experts estimated there would be a worldwide shortage of 1,600,000 tons of sugar in the following year .

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77

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80

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81

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semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

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not offensive

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not hateful

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medium-lived

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