Word: sleight-of-hand
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Before college football adopted some professional standards, a forward passer had to be five yards back of the line of scrimmage. Before that, two incomplete passes in a row drew a 5-yd. penalty. Nowadays, a sleight-of-hand T-quarterback may pitch right from the line of scrimmage; he may also flip four failures in a row without penalty-though his coach might have something to say about that. The new rules deliberately encourage a more open style of play, and good passers have popped up all over the football map this year. Key men in the T-formation...
Because they are dealing with lovers, Bride & Groom's producers have run into some unexpected situations. One couple astonished the landlord of their honeymoon hotel by playing billiards until 3 a.m. on their wedding night. One groom offered to enliven the ceremony by performing sleight-of-hand tricks on the air. At least six couples have broken their engagements before they could be got in front of the TV cameras. One groom decamped the night before the show, leaving a desolate bride-to-be. The producers were hard put to find another marriageable couple on such short notice. Since...
...physical condition and rhythm." After balletlike warmups, the Russians invariably pounded on to the court and confounded opponents with rifle passes, cat-quick ball handling, and a rough & ready determination to get the ball off the backboards. Best Russian play: a fast U.S.-style break, three or four sleight-of-hand passes under the basket which left the befuddled defense falling all over itself, while one of the Russian outside men dunked the ball into the basket...
...this political sleight-of-hand is not done primarily for Queuille's or his party's gain. It is merely what a French politician had to do in 1951 to get even a temporary government for his country...
...This sleight-of-hand performance moved the magicians to award Christopher a gold-plated statuette for "professional originality." He told them: "You have witnessed something no man has ever been able to do before: change TIME...