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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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NETMEN LOSE TO DEERFIELD SCHOOL | 5/26/1944 | See Source »

...these were good reasons for Dies to step down, but they did not make his throat ailment a phony alibi. Friends say he has a growth in his larynx that may require a Mayo Clinic operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Dies Out | 5/22/1944 | See Source »

...phantom. Her handsome dolor is made the more memorable by a fiercely rhetorical hat. At the evening's end she drifts off without giving her name, and Architect Henderson drifts homeward to find detectives chewing cigars and chicle over his strangled wife. All efforts to find his alibi prove useless. The bartender (Andrew Tombes) has never seen her. Neither has the randy little drummer (Elisha Cook Jr.) who ogled her all evening. Neither has the Latin singer (Carmen Miranda's sister, Aurora), who threw a jealous tantrum because she and the Lady were wearing duplicate hats. Henderson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Feb. 28, 1944 | 2/28/1944 | See Source »

...kissed his wife, Sir Harry's 19-year-old daughter Nancy, and his friend, the Marquis de Visdelou-Guimbeau, whose coat of arms is three wolves with their tongues hanging out. Then he dove into his car, told the driver to race for home. There Grisou, the Maltese "alibi" cat, stood on his hind legs at the window, making strong noises in his throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BAHAMAS: Killer at Large | 11/22/1943 | See Source »

...Plan for Defeat. Hitler told the Germans that they must be willing to swap some of their conquered territory for military security. This statement was not merely an alibi for retreat. It was a clue to Germany's strategy of defeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Lose the War | 9/20/1943 | See Source »

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