Word: alibis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...FIRST fairy stories were published by Charles Perrault in 1698. He pretended that they were children's entertainment while, in reality, they were meant to be read at upper class Parisian salons. The Christian Church condemned such threatening flirtations with the occult, and this disguise provided a strategic alibi. Perrault's printed stories spread a new form of popular literature, long confined by oral tradition; until his time, printed literature usually included only Scripture and classical works. But readers treated fairy tales apologetically, so when the novel emerged a century later--and Science began to dictate reality--fantasy was forced...
Boyle's testimony cracked under Sprague's 88-minute crossexamination. Despite Boyle's frequent pleas of poor memory, the prosecutor repeatedly trapped him. He denied sending Turn-blazer a transcript of a U.M.W. meeting outlining a phony alibi for union officials linked with the murder. Sprague asked why FBI agents had found Boyle's fingerprints on the document. The courtroom stirred at the news, which Sprague had dramatically withheld until Boyle's testimony...
...have no alibi for losing," Rutledge said afterwards, as he gloomily watched the sabre finals. "I beat the dude, but the directors saw it the other way. That's why I'm up here [in the stands] and Sarikas is down there...
...Disgusted with his third place finish, LaCasse took the other coaches out for a night on the town. They had three Harvey Wallbangers each at Mr. Up's in Middlebury, then repaired to LaCasse's favorite bar in Burlington. After that, the finished up a few more at the Alibi in Middlebury. When all the racers returned to the gym they found LaCasse and his two compatriots sitting in the middle of all the sleeping bags and boots and pillows and way, babbling something fervently to themselves. "It was strange, but nobody could quite comprehend it," said Harvard coach Carter...
Getchell refused to alibi for the team's loss but he admitted "these games were masterpieces of mis-scheduling at 60 Boylston Street...