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...diplomat who did so much to persuade India's Nehru not to be beastly to the Communist government in Peking. Currently Panikkar is working with might & main to persuade Egypt to abandon the West and take up neutralism. So everybody concerned was quick to appreciate the official mischief that could result when such practiced twisters of the British lion's tail as Bevan, Panikkar and the Egyptians got together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Technically Friendly Enemy | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

Gordon W. Allport '19, professor of Psychology, emphasized the danger of radio as a "weapon of mischief" yesterday in a discussion of Orson Welles' famous 1938 broadcast of "Invasion from Mars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AllportSays TV, Radio Potentially Dangerous | 10/15/1953 | See Source »

Exquisitely blending queenly dignity and bubbling mischief, a stick-slim actress with huge, limpid eyes and a heart-shaped face was teaching U.S. moviegoers last week a lesson they already knew and loved -i.e., that the life of a princess is not a happy one. Balcony bobby-soxers for years have shed pleasant tears at the plight of trapped royalty, and breathed a happy sigh of relief when at last the royal one escapes into a commoner's arms (Olivia de Havilland and a handsome pilot in 1943's Princess O'Rourke; Vera-Ellen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Princess Apparent | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

Eartha Kitt (Victor LP). Eight songs of nostalgia, avarice and calculated mischief, with polylingual Songstress Kitt sounding equally enticing in English, Swahili, French and Turkish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Jul. 27, 1953 | 7/27/1953 | See Source »

...Secretary John Foster Dulles' trip to the Middle East-TIME, May 18: To one humble Canadian citizen living in England, the President's tactlessness in presenting a pistol to General Naguib-a dictator who sometimes advocates lawlessness-is on a par with the irresponsible and mischief-making remark of Mr. Attlee, to the effect that some Americans do not want peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 8, 1953 | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

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