Word: alibis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Alibi. The bankrupt Reich's receivers did their utmost to absolve the German people and the German military command of responsibility for the war and the defeat. Blame went impartially to: 1) the Nazi party, no longer to be confused with the German nation; 2) an "unfortunate" shortage of equipment. This inferiority, the propaganda suggested, was no reflection on the power and genius of German arms and could be corrected next time...
...incident of the evening, had it been known to newsmen, might have saved much of the wild speculation. When the A.P.'s bulletin came in, General George Catlett Marshall was dining with Undersecretary Grew at Washington's famed, unobtrusive Alibi Club. Joe Grew promptly rose from the table, rushed to the State Department. But General Marshall went right on with his dinner...
...stickler for military form as though he were in the Prussian army. His jeep driver in the combat area must wear proper battle dress, carry full equipment. An officer must execute every order fully and on time, and report on his mission, in proper form. Never having needed an alibi himself, Krueger will take none from others. His inspections are searching, and reflect his deep regard for those vital instruments of war, the combat infantryman's feet and stomach. There is no excuse, he holds, for poorly cooked chow, and many a G.I. who had heard of Krueger...
Checked. In Camden, N.J., Rinzey McBray admitted passing bad checks but stumped police with the alibi that he can neither read nor write...
Dissatisfied with the alibi that Raile, Ross, and Moulton of the NROTC, and Jock Lynch of the V-12, were unable to play, Coach Dorson was disappointed with the showing and expressed the hope that his netmen would do better against Andover, at Andover, tomorrow...