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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...
Despite his relatively unspectacular season thus far (he has yet to catch his first touchdown pass), Farnham needs only seven more catches to become Brown's all-time leading receiver, a mark currently held by Farnham's receiver coach, John Parry...
...seconds later Brown rounded out the night's scoring when Dave Roberts took the draw and led winger Wayne Lucky in close untouched. Lucky responded and both teams skated out the last eleven-plus minutes in unspectacular fashion, with Brown sitting comfortably on its four-goal margin...
...only a few months ago was relatively unknown outside the South, and Ford, an unelected President whose performance in office was approved by only 36% of the population in the Harris survey taken in January, the first primary provided sharp injections of added confidence. Carter's solid if unspectacular 30% of the Democratic vote, in a field of five major candidates, lent new weight to his dogged optimism. After three impressive showings in the first five nonprimary, caucus states (he placed first in Iowa, Maine and Oklahoma), his is the only campaign that holds real possibilities of breaking...
...economists' predictions for the coming year could be symbolically represented by a painting, it would be a portrait in muted pastels-no dazzling rosy hues, no daubs of black. The recovery from the worst slump since the Great Depression will continue at a steady but unspectacular pace. Unemployment and inflation will both come down, slowly and moderately. It will be a year of transition-but will the transition be to a new period of balanced growth or a time of stagnation...