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Towards the end of the game, Valpey employed a helter-skelter "desperation defense," in which one of the guards drops back just before the ball is snapped. The defensive team thus gambles on letting the opposition complete a few short passes; it also has the option of running the ball, but either way the clock keeps running. Naturally, you don't do this when you're behind...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Crimson Beat Crusaders On Ground Plays | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

Edger W. Davis, Engineer for the City of Cambridge, yesterday stated that the present rotary experiment would continue "for at least 30 days." If after that time, however, the situation remains snafu, the Planning Board will temporarily revert to the old helter-skelter routing system...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Cambridge Fights to Unsnarl Traffic | 9/30/1949 | See Source »

...weekly job, he brings a boundless appetite for work and dazzling stores of energy. Cracks Bob Hope: "I think he ought to be investigated by the Atomic Energy Commission . . . Unfortunately, he's got talent, too." Besides being an excellent master of ceremonies, a facial contortionist and a helter-skelter clown, Berle can sing, dance, juggle act, do card tricks, imitations and acrobatics, ride a unicycle and mug under water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Child Wonder | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...tried to explain the creative urge: "What gets you all hot about a play? I don't know. A moment of pique, a bellyache, a week of exaltation. Who knows? ... I think most of us live like dogs-in the good sense. We are moved by appetites, helter-skelter, a run here, a sniff there. Like animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Just Deserts | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

House football will be played differently this year. The helter-skelter days of the round-robin schedule have yielded to a streamlined two-league system that Coach Dolph Samborski hopes will "increase interest and speed up the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Samborski Plans 'Leagues' For House Grid Contests | 9/29/1948 | See Source »

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