Word: mischiefism
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...IVORY MISCHIEF-Arthur Meeker Jr.-Houghton, Mifflin...
...Ivory Mischief* is not what it seems. It seems another of those long (840-page), thickly upholstered Jumbos of period fiction, with an advance printing (including Book-of-the-Month Club) of a quarter of a million copies. But unlike most books of the type, its re-creation is solid, convincing and intimate, its characterizations are shrewd, its style adult, and even the upholstery is interesting...
...Theocritus called Beauty "an ivory mischief...
...which usually supports the Government's India policy, expressed British Conservative opinion as follows: "These two objectors to Indian support of the war, and the hundreds of others who have been and will be released on the same grounds, are no longer regarded as having power for serious mischief." To Congressmen in India this was a fine piece of wishful thinking. They had in mind Jawaharlal's (Nehru's popular name in India) five previous, more rigorous prison terms. They knew that his opinions had not changed, that his mischief value had increased with each term...
When the war began, Betty Humby organized concerts in British cathedrals (free, easy to advertise). She also helped keep evacuated children out of mischief by holding morning concerts in cinemas. Last autumn, with her ten-year-old son Jeremy, she went to the U.S., where she plans to remain for the duration, believing (like Conductor Beecham) that she can help England without being there...