11.   Gasoline pump prices began to creep up this month.

12.   Gasoline pump prices have risen much more slowly than crude oil or the cost of gasoline before taxes are added in.

13.   If pump prices fall below the prepaid level, Priceline.com will give club members a credit for the difference.

14.   It also has been hurting because the government postponed a long-needed increase in state-set pump prices until next year.

15.   Marketers have kept pump prices low despite facing increased production costs.

16.   Lower pump prices are good news for Valley cab driver Arkady Shapiro, who was filling up Tuesday afternoon at an Arco station on Ventura Boulevard.

17.   Neither company said what it will cost to slash pump prices, although U.K. retailing accounts for just a small part of their profits.

18.   Now that rising pump prices have gotten the attention of even the well-off, outrage is easy to come by.

19.   Oil industry analysts said they expected the action to have a minimal effect on pump prices, which are at their highest levels since the Persian Gulf War.

20.   Not long ago, Bernard Sansaricq concerned himself with the business of pump prices and auto repairs.