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    Anne Applebaum

    Commenting on the values behind Britain's austerity cuts, in the Washington Post:

    "Rationing in Britain lasted well into the 1950s, long enough to color the childhoods of many politicians now in power. Nostalgic Brits ... remember postwar scrimping and saving. Nostalgic Americans ... remember postwar abundance, the long consumer boom--and, yes, a time when even instant gratification wasn't fast enough."

    --9/14/10

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