Word: mischiefism
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...throughout Latin America concentrated on one meaningful aspect of the story: the extent of Castroite subversion in other parts of the hemisphere. With the help of these reports, Writer Philip Osborne and Senior Editor George Daniels fashioned their study of Cuba's decaying revolution-and continuing capacity for mischief...
...Refugees. Castro is still capable of considerable maneuver-as well as enormous mischief. In his speech he said that it was the U.S., not he, who shut off the flow of refugees. "We never closed the ports," he thundered. "The imperialists closed all the routes, and for three years they have been making propaganda, fraudulent and dirty. Very well. We must put an end to this at once...
...most unfriendly attack on the dollar has been pressed by France's Charles de Gaulle, who seeks through economic mischief to gain his own political ends and lessen the U.S.'s influence abroad. In the past year, De Gaulle and Giscard d'Estaing have pushed to upgrade the trading power of gold (of which France has plenty), cashing in $800 million worth of dollars for U.S. bullion. Imitating the French, West Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland have also traded in many millions of dollars for Fort Knox's gold...
...delivers its message by telephone, and rings in some crude but effective suspense from the mischief wrought by two nubile teen-agers (Movie Newcomers Andi Garrett and Sarah Lane). With Mom and Dad away on an overnight trip, Andi invites Sarah out to her remote country mansion to help baby-sit. Crank calls are the girls' favorite diversion. The usual ploy: "I saw what you did and I know who you are." It is a dubious icebreaker at best, but downright troublesome when addressed to an unstable suburbanite (John Ireland) who that very evening has carved up his wife...
...this is President Johnson! Your President, dear. You voted for him." Seizing the opportunity for husbandly mischief, he adds: "It isn't as if it were my favorite President, Warren Gamaliel Harding...