Word: mischiefism
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There is a touch of mischief mixed in with his boardroom appearance. His darting mannerisms are not those of nervousness, but of a boyish restlessness, masking a powerful intellect. He is less successful at concealing triumph. Last week after the Hughes deal was announced, Smith walked with a spring in his step, bearing the happiest of inner smiles...
Named to the A.B.A. All-Rookie team in St. Louis during the last premerger year, Carr next moved to Detroit. No Piston was more aptly surnamed, and none had a finer sense of mischief. Tweaking a fashion of the times, Carr announced that he was changing his name to Abdul Automobile. But after three years of only personal prosperity, he felt somberly incomplete. "I was second or third in minutes played, averaging 18 or 19 points a game. Statistically everything was right. But I wanted to be a winner. I went free agent and, though New York offered the most...
Tenacious trekkers do not even glance at window displays. "Looking distracts you," contends Hazel Yarbrough, 74, who clips along for five to seven miles a day at a zippy 140 steps a minute in the Georgia Square Mall in Athens. Regular strollers look out for mischief, pick up refuse and add a general air of bonhomie to the malls as they exchange pleasantries in passing. Indeed, the loose camaraderie has proved a welcome dividend for many of the walkers. Maude Harris, 74, used to laugh at the Georgia Square strollers. "It looked pretty silly to me," she recalls. But needing...
...Problem: instability in the Third World. Cause: Soviet mischief-making. Solution: pressure Soviet client states with a vengeance and make countermischief for the Soviet Union itself...
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