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...questioner - G.O.P. Senator John Warner of Virginia, who recently announced his impending retirement after 30 years in the Senate. Earlier in his career, Warner had served as a Marine and as Navy secretary. While the courtly Virginian didn't react openly to Petraeus' answer, it plainly marked yet another demerit in the book of those lawmakers increasingly careful in weighing their support...
...first and most glaring shortfall of the election rules is the miniscule $100 spending limit, which, combined with a "dollar-per-demerit" system, has left candidates running campaigns that have very limited impact on campus. This leaves campaigns unable to generate significant amounts of positive energy around their platforms. One solution would be simply doubling the spending limit, so that campaigns could reach more students. This investment is also justified by the fact that exciting campaigns inevitably generate interest for the council as a whole...
...after using a more relaxed monitoring system for the past six years, imposed the point system last March. The tension immediately went up, workers claim. One PSA clerk, Judy Alexander, a 14-year veteran, took a disability leave last month after compiling 24 demerit points. Says she: "You're a nervous wreck. The stress is incredible." Observes a fellow clerk and local union official, Toni Watson: "It's a very oppressive way to work. To be plugged into that boob tube and not be able to move gets under your skin sometimes." PSA defends its system as a productivity booster...
...vast majority of rules are still enforced and the list of taboos is long. Each class is given a demerit ceiling for each month; going over the linit earns a cadet several hours of "walking the area," a practice of being forced to dress in formal uniform, mount rifle upon shoulder and walk back and forth in the courtyard. If you skip a class, you automatically "walk...
...Angeles. Early this year, cops were called to John's Hollywood apartment when a neighbor reported female screams coming from it. The fuzz departed, however, when told that Lennon and date were simply enjoying a Mr. and Mrs. Last week Lennon chalked up another demerit. He was bounced from Los Angeles' most fashionable nightclub, the Troubadour, for ribald heckling of the Smothers Brothers. On the way out with his secretary May Pang, Lennon threw a right at Freelance Photographer Brenda Mary Perkins, who filed a complaint with the police. Lennon is uncharacteristically mum on the subject. Taking...