You never had to make a similar excuse to any girl you might be dating.

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Still, it will give the government a good excuse to make Tenaga Nasional more efficient.

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I'm not a guy that's going to make any excuses, and today's certainly not a day I'm going to make an excuse.

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To prosecutors, the 26-year-old Swartz was a thief whose aims to make information available didn't excuse the illegal acts he was charged with: breaking into a wiring closet at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and tapping into its computer network to download millions of paid-access scholarly articles, which he planned to share publicly.

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While the Sudanese government and the rebels continue to make excuse after excuse, the world powers on the Security Council have at least managed to pass a resolution that puts more pressure on the regime in Khartoum to stop the fighting.

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Could Mr. Schnatter be setting himself up to make a few extra pennies per pie using Obamacare as an excuse or is he simply exaggerating his plight to sell his political narrative?

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The third Slow Food Fast contribution from chef Michael Anthony of Manhattan's Gramercy Tavern, this is a recipe you'll have no excuse not to make.

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Without the 7-1 defeat to Colchester, nobody would have had any need to make such a ruthless decision, even if they were waiting for an excuse.

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With these resources at hand, a problematic student-athlete has no excuse for failing to make reasonable progress towards their degree attainment.

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