That certain things are worth journeying for: inspiring vistas, lofty goals, tackling broad societal problems.

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George W. Bush, by contrast, often looks first to government to solve societal problems without even considering other options.

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Freedom from family problems, freedom from societal problems and freedom from miserable life.

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Being at TED, Tom also made a case that game mechanics can be used to solve many big societal problems like climate change, obesity and illiteracy.

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Thus have entrepreneurial moms emerged as a partial solution to the personal and societal problems that arise when Mom's need and desire to work conflict with child-raising.

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In an office overlooking San Francisco Bay, Rock still looks at business plans, but his main interest, besides skiing with his wife in Aspen, is societal problems.

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"So we shouldn't be surprised these societal problems manifest themselves in football, " added Stott, who runs his own consultancy and training company Crowd and Conflict Management Ltd.

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These actions and words illustrate a problem in dealing with Martin's death: Many people are not on an impartial hunt for justice but are exploiting this crisis for personal or political gain and claiming that it is representative of larger societal problems.

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Instead, the group pointed to media sensationalism, violent video games, gun-free zones in schools, the failure to enforce gun laws already on the books, issues with the nation's mental health system and other societal problems as feeding the spate of gun violence.

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