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...male--have little appreciation for or awareness of the history of the blues. Noisy, beer-bottle-breaking audiences sometimes drown out acoustic musicians. "They're not paying attention. They're just out to have a good time," says Michelle Willson, lead singer of the Boston blues band Evil Gal. "I've had people come up to me at the House of Blues and ask, 'Do you think Dan Aykroyd is going to be here tonight...
Unfortunately, none of these systems are worry-free. The instructions for the popular Brita pour-through carafes, for example, tell customers to change the filter every two months or after every 35 gal., whichever comes first. But many people don't count the gallons they use, and if they forget to check the calendar, they can wind up with filtered water that is in worse condition than the stuff that comes from the tap. PUR, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has capitalized on this all-too-human habit by marketing a filter that automatically shuts itself off when it has expired...
...test in the U.S. last week when the United Nations agreed to let Iraq resume selling oil for the first time since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. But oil prices promptly surged in futures trading, dashing hopes for quick relief from gasoline prices that have climbed nearly 20' per gal. in the U.S. since February...
...hard currency for food and medicine amount to more than a 1% boost in worldwide oil production. Nonetheless, experts say Iraqi oil should help lower U.S. pump prices by midsummer. Daniel Yergin, president of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, estimates that gas prices could fall as much as 10' per gal. before the end of the driving season...
...gasoline price hike into perspective [BUSINESS, May 13]. In 1941 when I was 18, I paid 18[cents] to 20[cents] per gal. for my 1933 Plymouth. In 1941 I was earning 40[cents] an hour as an electrician's helper. So I worked half an hour to buy a gallon of gasoline. Compute your hourly earning against the present gasoline price for each gallon; gas is cheaper now than it was then. JIM CURRAN High Island, Texas...