Word: impishness
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Institute of Politics Director James A. S. Leach speaks quietly and slowly. But at moments of humor, he leans forward impulsively, makes his hands into fists, and shows an impish grin.It was at a serious moment, though, that Leach, who served 15 consecutive terms in the House of Representatives, said that elected office “should not be considered a career.”Indeed Leach, who left behind a record as a moderate Republican from Iowa, does not sound much like a congressman. Asked whether he, like Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger, would invite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Barbara Park's series about impish first-grader Junie B. Jones has caught some criticism from parents for the heroine's lazy syntax and defiant antics (she once played a head-butting game), but controversy over high-energy female protagonists is nothing new in the world of children's literature. Here are a few young ladies who have been winning over children while bucking the grownups in the past 50 years...
...comic timing and impish little-brother face quickly got LaBeouf TV work. By the time he was 14, he had acquired a cadre of kid fans and an Emmy as a lead on the Disney Channel show Even Stevens. At 16, LaBeouf moved into his own place in Burbank. Adult audiences first saw him on the reality show Project Greenlight. Accustomed to hanging out with creative, chaotic grownups, LaBeouf came off as a charmer, a good sport and one of the smarter people on set. The film Holes, which came out the same year, introduced LaBeouf...
Casting Lindsay Lohan in a film should be a no-brainer. The 20-year-old star of Georgia Rule and Mean Girls is immensely likable onscreen, a pretty girl-next-door with an impish smile, a good singing voice and a loyal young female fan base. Unlike her sometime pal Paris Hilton, Lohan has talents beyond shopping, posing and landing the cover of US Weekly - she can actually act. There's just one little problem: Lindsay...
Scott, an impish brunet with a tiny nostril stud, had violated Redwood's dress code. The code aimed to squelch gangs by requiring students to wear only certain clothes and solid colors. Scott could change her outfit and stay at school, or she could spend the day at home. "I said, 'There's nothing wrong with what I'm wearing. I'm going home,'" recalls Scott, a near straight-A student. "I thought it was kind of ridiculous...