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...Gaulle, however, was disappointed by the high number of abstentions in the referendum-24.6% of the electorate-and by the number of invalid ballots, many of which were deliberately mutilated to indicate qualified disapproval of De Gaulle's demand for more personal power. He snapped to Premier Debré: "This country is flabby. This referendum is flabby." When De Gaulle decided to postpone parliamentary elections, Debré's usefulness seemed at an end and, loyal as ever, he handed in his resignation...
...hard to avoid a melodramatic tone in recounting this story. Professor L. Don Leet thinks that the great detection dispute which separated American and Soviet negotiators in January, 1949 (and has kept them apart since), was based on scientifically invalid information. The man who has been in charge of the University seismograph station since 1931 is convinced that the Berkner panel report which insisted that the U.S. raise its inspection demands just when treaty plans had been settled, was simply dead wrong...
...white wife Charlotte, who had taken the Hindu faith, stood proudly in the dock last week in Durban's regional court. The prosecutor sought to prove that the Singhs' marriage did not exist since South Africa's Mixed Marriages Act rendered it automatically invalid. Thus, he argued, the "unmarried" couple, by living together, had violated the Immorality Act. The defense attorney retorted that the Singhs were indeed legally married since South Africa's legislation could hardly apply in Southern Rhodesia, where the wedding took place. As they awaited the court's decision, Syrub and Charlotte...
Unfortunately, Congress may pass no law nullifying in advance those of Kennedy's appointments which are ill-considered. But if the confirmation process itself is allowed to become mere formality, then no objections, valid or invalid, from left or right, important or trivial, can be raised against anyone, at any point...
...going to fall in love with an Orthodox Jew, and when that happens a civil divorce is not enough. You must also have a religious divorce." Rabbis can grant divorces, but this has led to abuses-for example, Gittin from improperly ordained rabbis turned out to be invalid...