Word: alibis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Glass said that Waldorf will use an "alibi defense" and that he will try to show that his client could not have committed the crime. "The defense's case is one of mistaken identity. He has witnesses from Cleverly Hall that say he was elsewhere," the lawyer said...
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...record, was acquitted of the charge against him. But it was a 60 Minutes broadcast in early December that was "the tipping factor," says Hairston, who had written to one of the show's producers. In addition to reviewing the facts, CBS reporters aired evidence from two new alibi witnesses for Geter. The young engineer had a bit of luck. Explains Sigel: "The show came on immediately after the Dallas Cowboys game against Seattle. Dallas won, so people kept watching." The segment, seen by 40 million people, drew the largest number of letters in 60 Minutes' history...
...record of Government red ink in American history," charged House Speaker Tip O'Neill. "It is Reagan's recession, the runaway Reagan military budget and the Reagan tax breaks forthe wealthy that are creating the Reagan red ink." House Majority Leader James Wright called Reagan "the biggest alibi artist ever to serve in the White House." Such barbs led Deputy White House Press Secretary Larry Speakes to say cuttingly, "Those guys are taking to flights of partisan fantasy lately. I don't know whether it has to do with age or with the fact...
...missile and Central America, Wright could not resist complaining directly to Reagan: "You can't have it both ways. We in Congress can't be expected to be supporters one day and whipping boys the next." With a smile, Reagan told Wright that he had heard his "alibi artist" dig, and added, "I think I've got a couple more cracks coming myself...