Word: mischiefism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...appealing permissiveness took a fearful toll of orderly decisionmaking. Out of a sense of continuity or perhaps a misplaced compassion, Ford was very tardy in ejecting the Nixon holdovers, some of whom had nothing to add to the White House except mischief. His closest aide, Robert Hartmann, openly quarreled with Nixon's lingering Chief of Staff Alexander Haig. The dust did not settle until Haig was shipped off to Europe as commander of NATO forces...
...Berlitz has also written a book about Atlantis, the lost civilization.) These ancient machines then cause the destruction-Berlitz does not explain how-of the unwary craft. He also cites another theory: an advanced race of beings living deep in the earth may be causing the mischief...
...dissenting opinion, Justice Thurgood Marshall saw the High Court's ruling as "a major step in repudiating" a line of past decisions granting constitutional protections to persons dealing with state-regulated monopolies. The court's stance, wrote Marshall, "is bound to lead to mischief...
Gerald A. Berlin, a Boston attorney and long-time summer resident of Martha's Vineyard, said yesterday that he knew two individuals personally and had heard of a third, all of whom had made better offers than Land-Vest. "I'm curious as all mischief to find out what Harvard is up to," Berlin said...
Condon has unraveled. The world's villainy simply does not work so simply. To pretend that it does is mindless mischief...