Word: baselessness
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...reason, said Murchison, is that "Young is gun-shy." Young feared that if Alleghany had bought the stock outright in the first place instead of lending the money to the Texans, the Interstate Commerce Commission would not let him vote it in the Central fight. His fears proved baseless, since ICC later ruled that Alleghany could have bought the stock itself...
...Geoffrey disposed of some popular fallacies as well. Examples:
...came from Virginia's Senator Harry F. Byrd. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had told him, said Byrd, that the FBI knows of no minister who has been proved to be a Communist agent. To Harry Byrd, at least, this is "convincing evidence" that the Matthews charge was baseless. "If any ministers were engaged in Communist activities, it is a remarkable thing that Mr. Hoover hasn't found one who can be convicted...
...C.I.A. in the Far East)," Fairbank said. "I have never been connected with C.I.A. or heard of Munson before. These allegations of being 'procommunist' richochet around and get expanded in the process, so I have sent another denial to the papers on the chance that five column headlines of baseless accusations can be counteracted by two inches of truth on the editorial page...
...thought of Senator McCarthy and the McCarran committee, Chafee said "There's more than one to blame. I see no reason for singling out any specific individual ... The Senate itself must take appropriate action (such as) assessing the member a sum of money to compensate victims of his baseless accusations. This should sometimes be done whether a man is expelled...