I tried rubbing on some of the shoots — excuse me, spreens — in front of the mirror, and pink I became.
If the mistakes more or less balance out, why give Alan M. Dershowitz another excuse to stand in front of television cameras?
DETROIT — For many Detroiters, the telecast of a Red Wings hockey game or a University of Michigan football game is an excuse to stay home in front of the television.
Odejayi claimed the ball bobbled as he prepared to shoot, but Newcastle could have no excuse for their impotence in front of goal.
So if anybody is looking for an excuse to plop down in front of today's playoff games, think of it as a chance to make a case study of basic statistics.
But now that we have a president who doesn't need an excuse to drop decorum in front of the press, and press conferences that are spectacles unto themselves — not to mention comedians who let loose on the Oval Office nightly — what's the point of opening up the event to the rest of the country?
I often catch her smiling at others, holding the door for a perfect stranger, saying "excuse me" when crossing in front of somewhere, and my favorite gesture is her ability to keep her elbows off the table and sit up straight.
Because you feel bad and don't want your child to suffer, you talk to the teacher and ask her to excuse him from speaking in front of the class.
But as Mr. Houlihan has proven throughout his whole career, in a manner that sounds very much alike to the 2015 Master of Advanced Management class, those who take chances and do not make excuses for the opportunities in front of them can become this new generation of professionals that will have a greater impact in this highly interconnected world.
The self-deception of such excuses was self-evident in front of the direct occupation, slaughter and looting; moreover, there were the disregarded desires, plans and goals for conquering China and Asia that were then expressed in public by the Japanese elites.
