It's rare the "public interest" excuse is cited so transparently, though.
Indeed, if there's any downside to Judy's bra-baring, it is that Richard now has a legitimate, in-the-public-domain excuse to talk about them.
Burp in public without excusing yourself.
Good policy, bad public relations: the excuse of unpopular governments everywhere.
Their genuine plight does not excuse public behavior that would be equally unacceptable for straight couples.
Fundraisers making the calls were told by their supervisor that the public have "no excuse" not to donate, even if they are confused or terminally ill, the Mail reported.
Companies like Lehman and, earlier, Bear Stearns saw going public as an excuse to take on more risk and act more recklessly, when in fact becoming a public company makes caution more important, since the margin for error is smaller, and the punishment for failure swifter.
And Unicef has a project, supported by $200,000 from a Boston donor, that helps AIDS orphans in one South African township in ways that are touchingly simple: it registers them for the national welfare system, which pays them $10 a month, buys cloth for their school uniforms and asks the public schools to excuse orphans from tuition payments.
If by chance we ever elect a bent and unscrupulous Republican president, he or she will have a whole new thesaurus of excuses, public and "private," with which to fend off impeachment.
Although swine showing clinical signs of influenza-like illness at agricultural fairs are typically removed from public display and/or excused from the exhibition, a previously reported high prevalence of subclinical infection in swine at agricultural fairs (9 ) suggests that many exhibitors and visitors are unknowingly being exposed to swine infected with influenza A virus.
