Word: impishness
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...Campanella, whose impish, pudgy pan grins at you from the cover of a current magazine noted for its jinxing powers, today hammered the hex into the left-field bleachers with two down and two on in the ninth to give the Brooks an 11-10 tingler...
Each of the ten imaginary nightmares in Russell's new collection is a cute little fantasy, as impish as it is artless. Each turns around a point of topical interest and displays a sense of humor which even Punch might blanch at. Samples...
...where he can now claim kinship. Rebel Rouser Aneurin Bevan careened through the industrial towns and docksides to roll his rich Welsh voice behind Bevanite candidates and Bevanite notions. In a manner reminiscent of days gone by, when he likened the Tories to "vermin," Nye got off to an impish start by likening the Tories to the biblical Gadarene swine. ("I would rather move in a herd," replied Tory Rab Butler last week, "than be a solitary, lonely and disgruntled...
...Dorothy made their way to the top through the nightclub circuit as singers, but think of themselves primarily as actresses. This season both made big acting hits, Dorothy as Carmen in the movie version of Carmen Jones (the singing was dubbed in by Marilynn Home), Eartha as the impish heroine of Broadway's Mrs. Patterson...
...Wonderful? Alternately solemn and impish, Churchill commented ambiguously ("A most remarkable piece of modern art") on the portrait of himself painted by Graham Sutherland (see ART). He was loftily deprecatory of his wartime role. "It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar." He concluded gravely: "I am now nearing the end of my journey. I hope I still have some services to render." When he sat down, his wife leaned across to pat his hand affectionately. Then...