Whatever gains a misguided shooter experiences in the short term are lost down the road since there is no way to cope with a problem unless or until a person identifies it, understands it, and purges it from his behavioral repertoire.

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Player fatigue may be a problem Activision will need to cope with at some point, but out-and-out player rebellion is not in the cards.

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Failure to cope with this problem now could mean as much as a trillion dollars more in national debt in the next four years alone.

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For families from the Newtown area, and even beyond, a pressing problem will be how to help children cope with the aftermath of this tragedy -- and indeed how to give parents space to grieve, knowing their children are being looked after.

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