But over the past several days, it has turned into another mallet in the whack-a-mole game of primary season.

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In the mean time, Joe Lieberman and his French counterpart can play whatever political games of web-based whack-a-mole they like.

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Unfortunately, many attacks are handled outside this forum and ad-hoc crime fighting groups seem to pop up like a game of whack-a-mole.

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Prof Ashworth described it as a "bit like the game whack-a-mole" with a new method of resistance popping up every time a drug kicks a cancer down.

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Copyright enforcement has become a never-ending game of regulatory Whack-a-Mole.

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Since the embedded gyroscopes are used along with the d-pad and analog stick for navigation, selecting the right menu option feels akin to whack-a-mole -- unless the controller is held impossibly still.

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Of greater concern beyond the current contest is the lesson the current whack-a-mole nomination process has delivered for future political wannabes and former-elected has-beens hoping for their own 15 minutes of fame.

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It's a sort of macabre game of whack-a-mole.

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