"We urge the commission to expeditiously review the petition and dismiss its allegations as unfounded, " the statement reads.

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The normal criticism of this statement would centre on unfounded extrapolation from in vitro to in vivo conditions.

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"I want to put to rest the speculation and unfounded rumors of my imminent retirement, " Rehnquist said in a statement issued Thursday night, hours after he left a hospital where he was being treated for a fever.

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