Now-a-days I would not say its connected with illegal fishing any longer, that is just a cheap excuse,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

And Red Shirts say those insults are used as an excuse to deny rural voters and the poor a say in the nation's politics.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"I'm an optimist, and I think if you're a pessimist that's just an excuse for inaction."

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

U.N.spokesman Gordon Weiss says that cannot be used as a valid excuse.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

With more colleges and universities across the country now offering childcare programs on campus, she hopes other teen mothers get the message that having a baby is no excuse to quit school.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"The circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home that's no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08