But creating a financial competition for hardest hit provides a perverse incentive for kids to hurt, rather than to merely make a play.

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To suggest, as Lowenstein does, that the arguments for prosecution hinge on a theory of causality is not merely to move the goal posts, but to play a different game altogether.

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DeeAnna Soicher isn't all that comforted by the idea that a subset of videogame players are merely choosing to play as pacifists.

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For a pass play, it didn't merely record who threw it, who caught it and how many yards were gained after completion.

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This type of analysis does not adhere to strict rules, but it does play an important role in determining whether a stock is merely cheap or a bargain.

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That would be a way to make Google Play media content do more than merely copy iTunes, Pandora and Spotify, it would take media consumption beyond the reach of Netflix, Amazon and anyone else.

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The worst recession the City has ever known is the result not merely of a slow global economy, falling stockmarkets, or the prospect of war though all play their part.

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And we all have a role to play in encouraging Beijing to define its interests more in terms of common global concerns than merely introspective concerns.

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