Word: demerit
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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...