To make matters more complicated, whether there is $3.6 billion or $7.2 billion available for redevelopment is the subject of an insurance dispute over whether the twin towers were brought down by one event or two.And yet, behind this maelstrom, the most striking aspect of the reconstruction has been the lack of discord in a city that, before September 11th, would grab any excuse for a protest.
His primary concern was railing against a hatemongering anti-Muslim video that provided an excuse for the protests.
"We heard rumors that if the team had won, people would have poured onto the streets using the advancement to the World Cup as an excuse for more protests," Ghotbi said.
In a studio biography compiled by R.K.O. in 1938, and dug up by her skilled and tireless biographer Axel Madsen for his 1994 book, Stanwyck said, "Growing up in one foster home after another didn't give me any edge on the other kids or any excuse for whining, protesting, demanding.
That provides an excuse for headline-grabbing protests designed to cause maximum offence to people from all points on the ideological spectrum.
When Shell was challenged about leaky above-ground pipe-lines that were responsible for much of the pollution, it should have buried the pipes, rather than "just pointing out that they were OK when they were installed".On Brent Spar, he thinks Shell had no excuses for the protests it brought down on itself.
Abdullah Momeni, a student leader, says that Mr Bush's intervention provided the state with an "excuse for repression".Dismissing the protests as part of an American plot was made easier by the fact that many non-students came out in response to calls from opposition-run satellite television channels in California.
But that isn't then an excuse for overkill the next time protest comes along".
The Chinese leadership does not want to make specific demands that will be rebuffed by Japan and thus provide an excuse for a fresh round of protests.A problem called North KoreaNor is it likely that China will allow its frosty relationship with Japan to affect its handling of North Korea.
But organisers of an anti-G8 protest planned for the first night of the summit fear the dissident threat is a "perfect excuse" for "repressive measures" against protesters.
The protesters have stated that they did not want their protests to results in closures, and accused the BART police of using the protests as an excuse for disruption.
