Word: alibis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This may explain why such crafty old twirlers as Ring Lardner, James Thurber, Damon Runyon and P.G. Wodehouse spun tales about the sport. Usually they played it for laughs. Lardner's Alibi Ike dealt with a peculiar rookie, using comic vernacular: "I've heard infielders complain of a sore arm after heavin' one into the stand, and I've saw outfielders tooken sick with a dizzy spell when they've misjudged a fly ball. But this baby can't even go to bed without apologizin', and I bet he excuses himself...
...hear a snowmobile before he saw one. That would give him time to duck into the brush and escape notice. The ranger who spotted him, though, was riding on a snowmobile with a muffler. The ranger caught Yates trying to disappear into the woods. Although Yates offered the alibi that he was heading for the nearby Appalachian Trail and not Katahdin, and though he was not yet within the park bounds and there was little the ranger could do, the ranger's suspicions were aroused. Likewise, Yates now knew that park authorities would be on the lookout...
Scholars have been attending the ICUS convention since 1971 with the alibi that their participation does not aid or legitimize the Unification Church. They simply enjoy the banter, they say. But these scholars are gifted with a unique body of knowledge and concomitant respect. Consequently, they must bear the responsibilities inherent in possessing this unique quality. If they do not wish to aid the goals of the Unification Church as stated in Moon's dubious dogma, they should boycott the church's cultural activities...
Wheeling into Eagle Grove (pop. 4,489) at 9:30 a.m., dozens of thirsty bikers preempted the Alibi Lounge, chugalugging beers and cheering with every glass as if it were the last St. Patrick's Day, later forming a conga line on Main Street. At midmorning, in Washta (pop. 319), Joyce Johnson and friends from the United Methodist Church sold 600 Ibs. of hamburger and 400 Ibs. of hot dogs, 1,500 pieces of fruit, 7,000 candy bars and close to 280 cases of soda (no beer); the women figured on a $2,000 profit for the church...
...horror of dealing with people that architecture involves. I knew it from the beginning, but I went on with it. One learned elementary things. How to sharpen a pencil. The fact was that most of my colleagues went to architecture the way I went, as a decoy or an alibi...