Word: groundless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Group of Seven statement, it said, made "groundless charges, which only represent gross interference in China's internal affairs...
...their new embassy in Washington, will not be allowed to use it during the demolition and rebuilding of the U.S. facility. That is expected to take at least five years. Reflecting Moscow's exasperation at the delay, the Soviet news agency TASS called the Administration's bugging claims "groundless" and "farfetched...
...three-hour Bent offers a harrowing depiction of the depths of human depravity. Veteran Harvard theatergoers may worry that such a play would be hard enough to sit through without the added trial of Mark Prascak's direction, given Prascak's string of unconventional adaptations. Such worries, however, are groundless. Prascak directs the play straight, on a stark, paint-splattered set, and lets the story--rather than his direction--come to the forefront...
Such worries are groundless, argue analysts in Tokyo. The Japanese attribute the high price-earnings ratios in part to accounting rules that allow companies to understate earnings to keep their taxes lower. Another factor propping up prices is so-called cross-holding of stock. Because many Japanese companies hold large blocks of other companies' stock, which out of tradition are seldom traded, fewer shares are available for purchase so their prices rise...
...LaLonde fled Massachusetts with Nicole in mid-1986 after a court ruled her sex abuse charges were groundless. She returned to the state earlier this year and was sentenced to jail March 31 for her refusal to uncover Nicole's whereabouts...