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joannejacobs.com - 11/21/2008
21st century excuses
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Homework's not done? British students blame their computers, a survey finds. Of the top-five tech homework excuses, computer crashes resulting in lost essays came out on top. Others were accidental deletion after completing the homework and a failed internet connection preventing the carrying ...
cernigsnewshog.blogspot.com - 11/16/2008
The Newshoggers: From The Department Of Feeble Excuses
— cernigsnewshog.blogspot.com — As excuses go this one's pretty feeble , up there with "the dog ate my homework". General... Saint Petraeus* appeared on yet another rightwing propoganda vehicle, Fox News Radio's "Alan Colmes Show," to claim that tens of thousands of US-provided weapons ... (more) The Newshoggers: From The Department Of Feeble Excuses

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Bret Stephens: 'No Excuses' for Liberals
online.wsj.com - 11/18/2008
Bret Stephens: 'No Excuses' for Liberals
— online.wsj.com — "I make no excuses, I only wear them." Remember that? It was the pitch made by Donna... Rice for a pair of tight-fitting stonewashed jeans some 20 years ago. Too bad the brand is long gone, since we're at yet another No Excuses moment in American ... (more) Bret Stephens: 'No Excuses' for Liberals

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fas.org - 11/14/2008
21st Century Right to Know: Transition Recommendations
— fas.org — Ideally, the change of presidential administrations would be the occasion for a transformation in the relationship between... government and the public, in which government information becomes easily and rapidly accessible to all interested parties. With ... (more) 21st Century Right to Know: Transition Recommendations

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The more things change, the more they stay the same
Wizbang — ... schoolwork typed on a computer, which makes it far easier to blame technological faults. So the excuses continue, the reasons have just adapted to the 21st century. And what has happened to the old standby of blaming fido for not having your schoolwork ready? Other more inventive excuses involved Russians hacking computers and stealing the homework as well as dogs urinating on the computer resulting in the computer exploding. Dogs are getting skillful these days too. Hat tip- Joanne Jacobs

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