The official excuse for a sudden wave sweeping every column inch of coverage is that a genuine revelation has occurred.

On the making of film, Mr. Kitchell said that it gave him "an official excuse to be curious about these people's lives."

The official excuse for Hynes's raids is that bookmaking profits go to organized-crime families.

In the mid-1980's, Chin made up the restricted list to have an official excuse for refusing to accommodate visiting scholars.

The official excuse began to evolve of the inability to find suitable staff.

"It was a relief, having an official excuse to keep quiet about our identities," Cloud said.

"So what is Moscow's official excuse for all of this unusual activity?"

As a consequence, two years later the Norwegian war children got an official excuse.

The official excuse is that voters had to choose 84 legislators on a complex ballot.