21.   Higher crude prices could wind up meaning higher gasoline and heating oil prices.

22.   Higher gasoline prices and stronger demand for clothing accounted for the advance.

23.   Higher gasoline prices and uncertainty about the presidential election are among the reasons cited for soft sales in early December.

24.   Higher gasoline prices also may hurt sales.

25.   In May, the rate of inflation picked up slightly, according to economists, mainly because of higher gasoline prices.

26.   In the United States, higher gasoline taxes would at least encourage the production of more efficient autos and slightly restrain driving.

27.   Like a lot of resort areas, Newport, R.I., is beginning to see the effects of economic uncertainty and higher gasoline prices.

28.   Los Angeles-based Arco, which draws much of its oil from Alaska, should see higher profits as a result of higher gasoline prices.

29.   Much of that increase was driven by higher gasoline prices in Boston, McSweeney said.

30.   Most plan to travel by car, despite higher gasoline prices.