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...onslaught may be only a forerunner of more destructive flooding to come in Texas and other flat, low-lying sections of the country. Helter-skelter population growth along some rivers and the mushrooming of commercial construction at the edge of floodplains are putting thousands of people in disaster's path. The danger zones, some 50 miles or more wide, are so vast that newcomers are often unaware of their potential peril. Warnings to evacuate frequently go unheeded, as they did along parts of the Brazos...
Though the acting in Chicago is as helter-skelter as the rest of the production, it is one of the production's stronger aspects. The cast members clearly relish their roles, and they bring a contagious energy to this play. Standouts include Roemer, who impresses both vocally and dramatically in her solo, "I Know a Girl," and Tombar, who gives a performance reminiscent of Louis Armstrong in High Society. His plea for sympathy, "Mr. Cellophane," is the show's outstanding musical moment...
...month? Certainly it can't be 15 years since the U.S.-supported regime folded like a pup tent and the remaining American Marines executed what the tactical instructors at Quantico euphemistically called a "retrograde movement" from the roof of the fortress-like U.S. embassy annex. Today chickens run helter skelter through the American compound...
...typically, at the CRSS Dallas offices (which Strasser also designed), the handsome patterns of sprinkler heads in the ceiling are a game: some are real, others are small air-conditioning vents, still others are dummies, there simply to complete a pattern. What would otherwise be prosaic necessities, scattered helter-skelter, become handsome details, all conveying the worthy message that the humdrum texture of modern life need not be arbitrary and slapdash...
Between classes, Goldhaber explains the helter-skelter atmosphere: "There is a misconception that order means quiet, means sitting in your seat. There is control here under the guise of chaos. If someone comes in in a fab outfit or makes a guest appearance after weeks of absence, we have to take time to make note. But kids don't get away with not learning here...