Word: jibe
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...jurors who convicted MacDonald said later that the evidence at the scene did not jibe with his story. There was none of the defendant's blood in the living room where he said he was attacked, for instance, and FBI experts testified that the pattern and type of slashes in a pajama top did not fit MacDonald's account of the struggle. Defense Attorney Bernard Segal intends to appeal, partly on the ground that the long delay violated Mac-Donald's constitutional right to a speedy trial. The Kassabs professed not to be worried. Said Mildred Kassab...
...steers his craft by tilting the sail: when the boom is pushed forward, the boat heads off-wind; when pulled aft, it heads into the wind. Since the sail is mounted on a universal joint, it is free to move in any direction, enabling the sailor to tack and jibe easily...
...Home Free were a scathing satire, it would be far more palatable. The author seems to feel that the attitudes and symbols of the late Sixties deserve some resounding criticism yet he doesn't deliver it in a credible manner. Rather than utilize the device of ribald humor to jibe at the mores and habits of the time, Wakefield has written a book lacking in wit and devoid of genuine style. As for evoking the mood of the period, his effort to throw in a bunch of song snippets, stereotypical characters, and references to Vietnam falls well short...
Other former residents, intrigued by rumors that don't quite jibe with their own memories of the place, occasionally wander back for a first-hand look. And their conclusions are rarely negative. Matthew W. Copel '79 sums up their feelings best as he sighs ruefully, "I keep telling myself I should have taken a year...
...eyed, Butz emerged to tell newsmen that the use of a racial jibe did not reflect his real attitude. Resigning, said Butz, "is the price I pay for a gross indiscretion in a private conversation." Half an hour later, Ford said that "Earl Butz has been and continues to be a close personal friend and a man who loves his country and all it represents." Accepting the resignation of "this good and decent man," Ford declared, had been "one of the saddest decisions of my presidency...