The educational establishment's sanctimoniousness might be excusable if the educators could point to results from this increased spending.

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But as mistakes go it's a fairly excusable one, assuming they now act on it.

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Texting was excusable 10 years ago, when phones didn't do email or apps very well.

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This justification is a poor one, hardly excusable even when made to party delegates.

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Texting was somewhat excusable five years ago, when we were finally figuring out apps and mobile email.

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Perhaps it was excusable bravado, designed to prevent a run on the bank that would destroy Enron's ability to trade.

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This might be excusable if Merck hadn't been the very company that launched Vioxx--and should have learned the hard lessons about the unexpected risks that drug taught.

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Given that the government has not yet set a date for a general election, and that this week's minifesto does not pretend to be a manifesto, the lack of detail is excusable.

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In a less excusable turn of events, the camera software did freeze up on us a couple of times while processing images, and you'll see an example of it freezing a video recording for a couple of seconds in the sample below.

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In a 21-year-old, that's excusable.

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Cheating is never excusable.

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