Word: mischiefism
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...define the "life" of a mother? I only know that mischief and trouble dissolve when a muddy wild Indian of two-and-a-half comes in the kitchen door, wraps his arms around my legs, looks at me and says, in unconscious imitation of his daddy: "Hya, honey...
...washings from people with colds. Only about one-fourth of all the subjects actually come down with colds. Thus far, the doctors have no important new findings to report, but they think they have definitely established that wet feet, exposure to cold, etc. do not necessarily cause colds. The mischief is done by sneezers...
Next year the A.Y.H., which admits anyone "between four and 94," expects to double its numbers (last count: 15,317). Nobody worries whether new members will kick up mischief. Says one A.Y.H. official: "Anyone who is willing to give up smoking and drinking, go to bed at 10, and stay outdoors all day, is bound to be a wholesome sort of person...
...just the old-fashioned college spirit, with G.I. high jinks thrown in? Whatever it was, the nation's college campuses, orderly and disciplined during the war, were popping with mischief that sometimes bordered on vandalism. The Ivy League seemed to harbor the worst offenders...
...Soon she has a second and better opportunity for mischief in the guise of piety. A country boy entrusted to a saintly and intelligent priest for schooling falls in love with Brigitte's stepdaughter. The woman separates them to punish their "sin," and sends the girl to a convent where she is even forbidden to write to her lover...