Word: skeltering
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Dublin was raided by a band of Republicans in the busiest hour of the day. Shots were exchanged between the raiders and the Free State troops, causing the people to run "helter-skelter for shelter." Ten casualties are reported; no one was killed. The attack was launched against the Income Tax Office, whose officials have shown great activity in rounding up defaulters...
...line brought out a rather bad feature in the play of the University forwards, in that the man with the puck would continually wait until everyone was ready--a delay that proved disasterous on several occasions. Dartmouth made no attempt at team play, giving the game a helter-skelter appearance. Their defence was good but it made the fatal mistake of getting in front of the goal tender when Hopkins made his goal in the second half. Wanamaker was easily the fastest and most consistent of the forwards, but he rarely got a good close shot at the goal...