11.   The supply crunch led to widely differing prices for natural gas across the country.

12.   The supply crunch will be eased by the first of the month as more newly harvested beans arrive in the U.S., traders said.

13.   The supply crunch began earlier this year when disappointing harvests in Latin America reduced coffee imports, forcing roasters to use up their inventories.

14.   The supply crunch was exacerbated by forecasts for colder-than-average temperatures in the region later this week, traders said.

15.   Wheat futures tumbled on concern that larger U.S. and world crops will slow demand for exports, easing a supply crunch.

16.   Whatever happens, almost everybody agrees that grain prices will eventually fall from recent, lofty levels as a supply crunch eases.

17.   A drop in reformulated gasoline stockpiles just ahead of summer driving season heightened concerns of a supply crunch and was the trigger for the rally Wednesday.

18.   But the United States now seems poised to ride out the winter without supply crunches or price spikes, analysts said.

19.   Exacerbating the distillate supply crunch were continued operating problems at an Exxon Mobil unit in Joliet, Ill.

20.   Gasoline futures hit the highest level since October on Wednesday after news of dwindling reserves renewed jitters that a supply crunch will produce price spikes again this summer.