O.K., so suburban mom Beth Ball, 34, may not have been cast on Survivor, but the Villa Park, Ill., resident is feeling pretty close to the subsistence level these days. Ball owns a 1999 Ford Econoline van but has to keep it parked, she says, because gas prices are so outrageously high. A few days ago, she shelled out $90 to fill her tank. It's still full, as if the fuel were a nest egg. To commute to work, she borrows her husband's Pontiac Grand Am. For errands, she walks. "I don't drive anywhere as much as I used to," Ball...
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