Word: alibied
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Willard: "I injured my left hand three days ago and have had two doctors attending me ever since. . . . My hand pained me frightfully whenever I hit Firpo with it. I could not use it effectively. I do not wish to appear as if I am alibi-ing, but I feel sure I could have defeated Firpo had my hand been all right...
...Englishmen were told that there is a jinx lurking somewhere about Deal they would not exactly understand. What is this jinx? Simply an American colloquial alibi for consistent failure to win the title for over 20 years...
...cannot be considered successful, but from the point of view of progress, (incidentally our aim), we cannot consider the season a failure. We at least broke into the winning habit when we defeated Princeton by a single point. In the Yale Meet our showing was very poor, and an alibi for a Yale meet is never offered. In the Intercollegiates the following week we ran without the help of two of our best men, namely Captain Bemis, John Harris, and Lutz running below form. J. W. Burke was the only man to win his letter during the season...
...Coach Knox was right again when he said that, "there is a lot more satisfaction in celebrating a victory that in hunting up an alibi for a defeat...
...representative, the foreman and time study department, the representative acting as a sort of buffer, showing a desire to have the work done in the quickest method and on machines that were suitable for it. We've always made them that way,' is now seldom offered as an alibi, under the close analysis given the job by the combined efforts of this cooperation...