Word: baselessness
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...telegenic flourishes, a fair-play code: "I shall condemn any dishonest or unethical practice." etc., etc. Then, while Republican Chief Hall stood quietly to one side, Democratic Leader Butler faced the bank of television cameras, reached into his pocket and whipped out a prepared statement. Cried he: "Fraudulent and baseless charges like 'party of treason' and 'traitorous conduct' not only violate the code but endanger our whole political system...
Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden came out of the whole thing looking better. The original invitation might have been a mistake, but the good sense of the British public and the steadfastness of the British government in its devotion to the Western alliance rendered baseless most of the earlier fears...
...Arkansas Democrat John Mc-Clellan, the investigators said they hoped frankly that gentle Hugh Cross, hitherto a highly reputable public servant, would resign. Hugh Cross decided last week not to stay and fight. In a letter of resignation to President Eisenhower, he called the still-fuzzy charges against him "baseless." Wrote he: "I am realistic enough to know that, unfounded as they are, the mere pendency of such charges impairs my further service on the commission and its proper functioning in the public interest." Replying that he appreciated "the years of diligent service you have rendered." the President accepted star...
...exempt epileptics, recommended that epileptics be allowed to drive after a two-year period free of seizures. The league also asked that states encourage employers to hire epileptics by passing laws exempting the employer from liability if an epileptic is injured as the result of a seizure. Employers' baseless fears that epileptics will be more accident-prone have left half the nation's epileptics unemployed, saddled the states with an unnecessary economic burden...
Harriman reiterated his ignorance of the affair, denounced Ives's speech as a "baseless attack on my personal honor and integrity...