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Officials at Continental were incensed. David G. Taylor, who became chairman last month, denounced the rumors as baseless and threatened to sue wire services that had reported them. The journalists, he said, had spread the gossip without checking the facts. In a highly unusual move, C. Todd Conover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Runaway Rumor | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...would quickly become Attorney General of the U.S. But last week a Justice Department investigation into his tangled finances was under way, the press was nipping at his heels, and Meese, first bewildered and then combative, was asking that a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate "the misrepresentations and baseless charges" against him. The probe could take months, delaying and possibly dooming his confirmation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Question of Ethics | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...charge that TIME supported Candidate Coolidge (or any other candidate) during the campaign seems to the editors to be baseless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 5, 1983 | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...acknowledgment of and to avenge the alleged 1915 massacre of more than 1 million Armenians; and to gain political autonomy over their lost homeland, a 57,000-sq.-mi. region located along Turkey's border with the Soviet Union. Turkey has long maintained that the Armenian claims are baseless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: Long Memories | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

...Swedish government has marshaled extensive evidence to support its case, including videotapes of tread marks on the sea floor, but it admits that it has no direct proof of the charges against the Soviets. The official Soviet news agency TASS denied the accusations, calling them "baseless propaganda," and even some Western intelligence experts suggest that the Swedish navy may have made the claims to deflect criticism of the unsuccessful search last fall. But many Western officials believe the Swedes, who have agreed to share information on the incursions with NATO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweden: Red Submarines | 5/9/1983 | See Source »

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