Yet my fear that Havel might be endangered by my visit - or indeed by this article - proved unwarranted.

"My sense," he said, "is that initial concerns about the intrusiveness of cameras have proved unwarranted."

This is why many economists like myself remain skeptical about the euro's success while fervently hoping that such skepticism proves unwarranted.

But fears about wholesale meddling or the muzzling of the media have so far proved unwarranted.

With fewer investors, the costs of Government borrowing could go up, but those fears have proved unwarranted.

Similar warnings issued before past storms had proven unwarranted.

Mild concern they would have trouble finding their way to the elevators proved unwarranted.

So far, such precautions had proved unwarranted.

"All of the concern may prove totally unwarranted down the line," Dr. Neeld said.

Safety concerns raised in other neighborhoods where bike paths were installed proved unwarranted, she said.