Question

A 2008 paper by Jessica L. Weeks questions the common view that these systems are better at signaling through analysis of the MID data set. One paper by Baliga, Lucca, and Sjostrom proposes a game theoretic model in which these systems by default have a “dovish” bias, supporting a dyadic explanation of a thesis named for them. James Fearon (15[1])argued that these systems are better at conveying their intentions (-5[2])in times of military crisis due (-5[1])to (*) “audience (10[1])costs.” These systems (10[1])are unlikely (-5[1])to go into (-5[1])conflict (10[3])with each other (10[4])according (10[3])to a (10[1])namesake (10[5]-5[2])“peace (10[1])theory.” (10[9]-5[1])Countries like Hungary and Poland (-5[1])have demonstrated these (10[1])governments’ namesake “backsliding,” (10[1])reducing (10[1])their scores on the Polity (10[2])IV scale. For 10 points, name these governments in which decision-making power is held by the people. (10[3])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: democracies [or word forms like democratic; accept democratic peace theory; prompt on states]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley B5815
Andrew ZengStanford ABerkeley C68-5
Mattias EhatammWaterlooOttawa C68-5
Michael DurrantNotre Dame BNotre Dame A74-5
Akshar GoyalIllinois BChicago A7610
Robin DankoMSU A and FriendZen and the Art of Buzzing7910
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech DTennessee A81-5
Joey SunToronto Ray Of Sun In The SkyOttawa A84-5
Ian ChowMcDouble West CarletonOttawa B8510
Alan WuVanderbiltPurdue B8510
Meggy ManiGeorgetownJohns Hopkins8510
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina BJames Madison A8810
Jason HawkinsGeorgia BGeorgia Tech C8810
Michael HundingIllinois AChicago B8810
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABSyracuse+Rochester8810
Jason ChengI will play anything with a buzzer in front of meAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie University8910
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia Tech BGeorgia A8910
CaseyKenyon BMichigan A8910
Braden BoothMissouri AWUSTL H2O9110
Schuyler ColfaxOxfordDurham92-5
Andrew AmygdalosGW AUMD A9210
Leo LawFarrellmagnetismBoston College9210
Ahmad ElrakhawiRITCornell R9210
Raymond WangCornell RRIT92-5
Conner YamnitzWUSTL XYZSIUE9210
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeMissouri B9210
Aidan JordanKenyon A Michigan B 9310
Aditya SharmaDukeSouth Carolina A9410
Michael MaysImperial ABristol9410
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghCambridge A9410
Ben BiggsBirminghamCambridge B9410
Thomas HartWarwickImperial B9410
Ben DahlPurdue AIndiana9410
Angier LeiGeorge Washington BMaryland B9410
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona StateGanon Evans Fan Club9410
Dwight SolanoTAMUTexas C94-5
Ryan HumphreyTexas AHCC9410
Kevin LiuTexas BTAG Magnet: Taylor's Version99-5
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia Tech A10210
Vedang SinghalNorth Carolina ASouth Carolina B10510
RoxanneOSU AOSU B10610
John NolanNC StateJames Madison B11110
Gia Harvey-SlagerTexas CTAMU11110
Ian TheysmeyerOttawa CWaterloo12810
William BarnesTennessee AGeorgia Tech D12810
Ben Koberlein Notre Dame ANotre Dame B12810
Aditya SivakumarBerkeley CStanford A12910
Gabrielle ClarkOttawa AToronto Ray Of Sun In The Sky12910
Aisling SkeetDurhamOxford12910
Jaik HavlickTAG Magnet: Taylor's VersionTexas B12910