And there's nothing to prevent the ghosts, say, from asking passers-by, "Excuse me, have you seen Pac-Man?" The result is a kind of tableau of digital convergence with the physical world, in which humans are game pieces that are monitored and guided over digital networks.
By excusing certain people, we seem to be invoking the opposite principle: suffering geniuses gladly.
By excusing his interlocutor and those he represents, however, the king indicates, albeit indirectly, his own acceptance of the evidence presented and, with it, the implication that experience trumps both reason and speculation, (cf. K 1 4, 5) apparently without qualification.
By excusing one side from its historical and political burden, we may believe that we are seeking peace.
If you are part of a group who is talking when the boss walks by, discreetly excuse yourself to return to your area after a few seconds.
There are flickers of apparently real pro-gay feeling, but they are soon followed by excuse-making for some of the most anti-gay politicians in Europe.
But by excusing all this crap, surely we're perpetuating it; we're complicit.
Every effort to dig the nation out of the unemployment abyss "is being stymied by excuses about the deficit," said Richard L. Trumka, the president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O.
DiIulio accuses his critics of "defining criminality down," or turning criminals into victims by excusing their behavior because of past hardships.
