Word: alibiing
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...grocery-store stickups in St. Louis, he and accomplices scooped up about $2,000 from cash registers and passed up some $30,000 in locked safes. Arrested after the second stickup, he insisted on taking the stand in his own defense and was unable to offer a credible alibi. On March 17, 1960, at the age of 32, Ray was sentenced to 20 years in the Missouri state prison in Jefferson City. His accomplice got only seven years...
Clearly, the Crimson has lost an alibi. Any team that can make B.C. sweat for 40 minutes should have little difficulty with most of the Ivy squads, some of whom were so bad a year ago that they would have finished in the second division of the Bristol County League...
Thomas's hustle, which never ceases to amaze Crimson followers, was sorely missed in Saturday's lethargic game. But the absence of one player cannot be used as an alibi (Harvard won the quarterfinals without Leigh Hogan...
...late-night battle that Harvard had to go through to get to the finals. But this is Harvard's year (if they don't win it now it may be a while before they can do it again) and they will not need the ready-made alibi. Harvard 4, Boston University 2, in a reversal of last year...
Havens and third ranked Dick Cashin were 3-1 for the tournament. Barnaby explained that "Cashin played very well until the last day when he bought a new pair of sneakers. Then he couldn't keep on the court in them. It was a valid alibi...