Word: impishness
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...Margaret had become especially fond of gin-and-tonics. She would at times airily ignore Tony. When he invited guests to Kensington Palace, she would breeze through the room, stopping long enough only to cast a chill on the festivities. To many Britons who had learned to love the impish princess in her younger days, she had become an imperious snob who performed her chores disinterestedly. "We got all of the noblesse," groused one Londoner last week, "and none of the oblige...
About to meet George Wallace for the first time, British Labor M.P. Bruce George was expecting an ogre. To his surprise, the Alabaman turned out to have "delightful charm." Wallace brushed off barbed questions, the M.P. noted, with an "impish grin and laughing eyes." The M.P.'s reaction was shared by many other Europeans. On his first trip to Europe, Wallace was determined to be ingratiating and play the statesman...
...tennis fans are used to such antics. Ever since the young man with the impish grin, two-fisted backhand and high-octane temper burst into pro tennis three years ago, the keepers of decorum have been alternating between disgust at his behavior and admiration for his play. Rumania's Ilie ("Nasty") Nastase, of course, has for years been notorious for his displays of anger and unsportsmanlike conduct, but James Connors has taken the art of on-court temperament to new heights ? or depths. Given an audience, Connors can seldom resist the temptation to ham. Occasionally he loses control...
...Fuller as Prince Hilarion and Paul Seltzer and Paul Hewitt as Cyrill make an irresistably impish trio. Fuller proves once again his skill in portraying the standard G. and S. straight man--sweetly and stupidly earnest--and Seltzer and Hewitt sharpen one another in their roles as comic foils...
...games in 1932, his first full year with the St. Louis Cardinals. Two years later, his 30 victories along with 19 by his brother Paul ("Daffy"), led the Gashouse Gang to the pennant; the brothers won two games apiece as the Cards took the World Series. Compulsively impish, Dean approached the Boston Braves' bench before one game and announced with characteristic corn-pone bravado: "I ain't pitchin' no curves today, boys." True to his word, he then "fogged over" nothing but fastballs, pitching a three-hit shutout. Dean's brilliant career was prematurely curtailed...