Washington's primary role doesn't excuse Wall Street's excesses, but it puts them in proper perspective.

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It was a massive improvement on last week's win over Italy, but that doesn't excuse the fact that they lost a game they should have won.

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Though that excuse doesn't really hold up with the geofences alert system, unless the employer's going to claim it's aiding with employee alcohol abuse.

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Unfortunately, Stantum's software has hardly evolved, and doesn't show much of an excuse for the "perfect" touchscreen outside of artistic or limited gaming applications.

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Brian Cox only had a couple of scenes, and obviously Hopkins gets a meatier role (excuse the pun), but it doesn't really work that well.

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'Excuse me, I said, but this doesn't have an official chop on it.

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There's no getting around it: the Victory is a plump, weighty thing, and it doesn't even have a slide-out keyboard to lean on as an excuse.

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