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...false statements in his financial records and willfully misapplying bank funds. The long-expected indictment added no startling revelations to the saga of Lance's financial maneuvering-and it did not in any way directly involve President Carter-but the 71-page document portrayed in relentless detail the foundationless house of credit that Bert built...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter: A Friend Is in Need | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...diplomatic double talk that has followed Finland's alliance with Germany, Minister Procope's statement was most suspiciously confusing. The Finnish Information Bureau branded as "false and foundationless" any intimation that Finland was ready for a separate peace. The British, who declared war on Finland in December, said Procope's statement was an evident attempt to keep U.S. public opinion at least lukewarmly sympathetic. There was another report that Russia had asked the U.S. (via Wendell Willkie) to declare war on the Finns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Unease in Finland | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

...illustrate how false reports circulate, the President then related a foundationless tale that started on Wall Street today, spread to Chicago, and came back to Washington for verification...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Salients in the Day's News | 9/28/1934 | See Source »

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