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CHAPTER 3. FOR INTERNATIONAL we bought a zoo trailer VISITORS 62 Gasoline (Petrol) Petrol is known as gasoline (or simply gas ) in the United States, and petrol stations are known as both gas stations we bought a zoo trailer and service stations. Gasoline costs about half as much here as it does in Europe (about $2.10 $2.50 per gallon in California at press time), and taxes are already included in the printed price. One U.S. gallon equals

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Geology buffs will want to pack a copy of Assembling California, John McPhee s observation of California s geological history. Mike Davis s City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear offer a critical perspective on the social and natural history of Los Angeles.