Word: golds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fading daylight. Yet the same ecstatic glory hangs round the memories of both rounds; I know that in the first of them my driver had a brown head, and in the second a yellow one, or perhaps, since the occasion was so romantic, I should say, of palest gold...
Collegiate sports, primarily football, receive at least as much attention from the wagerers as their professional counterparts, and maybe more. For whereas there are relatively few teams in the NFL and NBA, collegiate conferences abound, offering a virtual gold mine to obsessed bettors...
...Gold-painted Midas mufflers have long rejuvenated the aging exhaust systems of millions of American autos. Even so, there is something new: after 20 years of steady but unspectacular growth, the sales and profits of Midas-International Corp. have suddenly taken off on a heady flight. Last December Midas, which franchises independent muffler installers, opened in Phoenix its 900th muffler shop. The company has also been diversifying to become a force in the burgeoning market for recreational vehicles-campers, trailers and motor homes. Last year Midas reported $225 million in sales, a 39% increase, to its corporate parent, IC Industries...
Without more "liquid gold," Arizonans fear that they will not be able to sustain either their $1.2 billion-a-year agricultural output or their fast-growing population. In the past five years, the number of state residents has risen by almost half a million, to 2,270,000-the biggest percentage increase in the nation. This year alone, the population could jump another 5% as more and more Easterners settle in the state-fleeing the harshest winter they have ever known for the bounteous life of the Sunbelt...
Shortly after Elizabeth II began her reign, John Osborne, king of the Angry Young Men, took time between hit plays to pronounce the British monarchy moribund-"A gold filling in a mouth full of decay." But how unpredictable history can be, as kings and queens are the first to know. Osborne has long since been dethroned, while Her Majesty -cresting on '70s nostalgia and God only knows what other divine rights -has never been more popular...