Each of Wilkinson's essays tackles a theme, which provides an excuse for numerous erudite and entertaining digressions.
Over the course of reporting for this article, I heard numerous "dog ate my homework" excuses like this.
And there's no excuse – there are numerous woodland paths leading directly from the garden.
So one week in, there is room for improvement, and questions about the numerous injuries as a potential excuse were quickly shot down.
Cheney's frail heart (he has had numerous bypasses) provides a convenient excuse for bowing out and is the reason he has made it clear he will not seek the presidency himself.
While numerous communications missteps shouldn't be excused, BP and Toyota have had different challenges in their crises than Johnson & Johnson did.
"The lack of venues is just an excuse," said Mr. Dunn, who rented numerous halls and churches for Gotham.
Numerous people have given that as an excuse as to why they don't tweet very often.
And if the excuse for that is that the numerous second-half substitutions in friendlies can be disruptive, perhaps that suggests less in-game tinkering might be in order.
