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...final tally, which some thought came after the buzzer sounded, was declared invalid at first by one of the referees on the side of the pool, and the Crimson thought it would get a chance to win in overtime. But after consulting for several moments, the two officials decided the goal would count, robbing Harvard of its first big-game win this season...
...legal drama swirling around Fischer. After 12 years on the run from charges that he broke U.S. trade regulations, the 61-year-old chess genius is fighting attempts to deport him back to the U.S. after Japanese immigration authorities apprehended him on July 13 for traveling on an allegedly invalid passport. That collaring brought to a close one of the most famous (if not particularly intense) manhunts in recent American history...
...have the safe period extended to three years. As murmurs of a no-confidence vote grew louder, Somare adjourned Parliament for five months. But the time that bought him was cut short. In April, the Supreme Court ruled that the December selection of a new Governor-General had been invalid: Parliament must meet and vote again. The plotters had their chance...
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that same-sex marriages were not legal in his state, but that marriages performed in other states would not necessarily be considered invalid...
Doing so would be a mistake. Although fears that an interloper may have access to student bedrooms and then start pilfering at will—once he or she has swiped in—may seem plausible, this is an invalid objection. Quincy House Master Robert P. Kirshner ’70 explains, “Most cases of theft in all the Houses involve students letting unauthorized people into the House or failing to take the elementary precaution of keeping the suite door locked.” Therefore, House communities can take other precautions to address the problem...