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...Alibi. In Alexandria, Va., Suspect James J. E. Davis explained to police why he could not have killed a policeman: he was eight blocks away at the time, robbing a gas station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 4, 1948 | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

...Wolff offers an alibi, but no cure, to people with routine hangovers. The amount of alcohol consumed has little to do with the morning-after head pain, he says: it comes from fatigue and excitement. Heavy drinkers will applaud the Wolff theory: that whooping it up all night, without touching a drop, is enough to cause a hangover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Oh, My Aching Head | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

...that gahdam cox," was the implausible alibi of C. Colby Hewitt, Jr. '49, spokesman for the crew. "Not only did he weigh 149 pounds, but he was dragging his foot too. I was pulling the whole gahdam boat as it was, but that was just too much," he snarled...

Author: By David G. Brasten, | Title: Eldredge Cops Darcey Sculling Cup | 5/12/1948 | See Source »

Suffering from an inferiority complex after last year's flasco season, primed with the alibi of no outdoor practice, the tennis team sailed into southern waters last week with all the odds against it. Team members hoped to make the four matches close; they didn't expect...

Author: By R. JOHNSON Shortlidge, | Title: Netmen Strong After Double Fault to Tarheels, Davidson | 4/7/1948 | See Source »

...Moslem witness could be found to support the prosecution; no Sikh or Hindu witness would support Dr. Qureshi's alibi. When the testimony concluded last week, the judge decided matters for himself: "The accused is sentenced to death." The judge was a Hindu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The Whole Truth | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

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