halfbacks

• “Many older voters in South Carolina actually came from Florida - so-called halfbacks, who retired to Florida, decided it was too hot, and moved halfway back, to South Carolina.”

  News - latimes.com

• “The locals call them "halfbacks," since Asheville is halfway up the East Coast.”

  The Wall Street Journal: 10 Best Places for Second Homes

• “NC is closer to Virginia in that regard: lots of migration from the north including 'halfbacks' (northeastern retirees who go to Florida, can't cope with the climate, and head halfway back) and people employed in tech/science.”

  Poll Suggests Obama Is Putting North Carolina In Play

• “The halfbacks are pedestrian, Phillips often goes the wrong way and Jones always goes sideways.”

  The Guardian: Wales v England: five things we learned from Six Nations 2011 opener

• “Of course, if you're having difficulty seeing them, you won't be reading this.56 min: Ireland substitutions: halfbacks Murray and O'Gara are replaced by Eoin Reddan and Johnny Sexton.”

  The Guardian: Rugby World Cup 2011: Ireland v Wales - live! | Barry Glendenning

• “They have used only halfbacks and tight ends to fill that job since Kreider left the Steelers.”

  Pittsburgh Steelers Team Report

• “We were doing things that weren't done by other coaches: running halfbacks into pass patterns, using (multi -) receiver (formations), running pitches to the back around end.”

  Chargers' days with Al Davis set stage for Raiders rivalry

• “The quarterback had three options - to hand off to the fullback, keep the ball or pitch to one of the halfbacks.”

  The Washington Post: Obituaries of note: Emory Bellard, Bill Justice, Tom Carnegie, Derek Rawcliffe,

• “Donny Anderson, a Texan, had never played in weather like this before, but he had no choice because Elijah Pitts, one of the other halfbacks, was out for the year.”

  Simon & Schuster: Into the Story

• “Some were “halfbacks” — retirees originally from the North who ventured “halfway back” to Georgia or the Carolinas — but young families fled, too.”

  A must-read from the New York Times: On the mat, Florida wonders which way is up

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