Word: mischiefism
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...romantic couple's incompatibility appears to be more his fault than hers. Mouis is a fine, precise dancer with exquisite balance and an engaging flair for comedic flirtation. Her Kitri-Dulcinea is a model of girlish exuberance and mischief, quick in her pirouettes and unquiveringly exact in her arabesques...
...stands, grinning lopsidedly, the whiff of mischief strong. Straightaway, he needles his too earnest competitor from Rhode Island College (who had, after all, just called Kidd an "obnoxious fool"). "Yes, I saw last night," Kidd says, "the hideous goings-on between my honorable opponent and the lady he mentioned in his opening arguments. Is it any wonder that he would have us accept an argument that leads only to suicidal hopelessness?" The R.I.C. man, still jaunty, hums a bar of Feelings. The judge shouts, "You're losing it, Kidd!" Catcalls are tossed out promiscuously ("Lies! Lies!"), and as Kidd...
...really remember where it came from, but a long time ago it was probably the name of some Saturday morning cartoon character, a little buy who was always into some sort of mischief," he says. "And if you ask people who know me, some smart alec in sure to say I haven't changed a bit."CrimsonHisham I. YoussefBoston College forward GARY SAMPSON (10, in dark jersey) and his Eagle mates look like the favorites heading into the Beanpot. But Snooks Kelley, who coached the Eagles during 20 Beanpots, says, "Whoever is the Beanpot favorite usually gets licked...
...bankrupt his treasury in the rebel cause, was content to remain in Paris, for instance, chasing young ladies and flying kites in thunderstorms. Thomas Jefferson, the greatest propagandist of the age, also sought refuge in Europe, where he lived with his beautiful black mistress and continued his mischief-making for another 43 years. A fascinating, tragic figure, Jefferson became an inspiration to generations of novelists, poets and composers. Sir Walter Scott used him as the hero of Monticello, and after one apparently jolly dinner at Jefferson's Italian villa, Shelley was moved to write...
...record of Gaddafi's addiction to international mischief is almost as long as his twelve-year dictatorial reign. As Vice President George Bush put it last week: "He's the world's principal terrorist and trainer of terrorists." Gaddafi has provided funds for the provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army, harbored terrorists from West Germany's Red Army Faction and Japan's Red Army, and backed extremists in the ranks of the Palestine Liberation Organization. While his role in last week's assassination is disparaged, his hand in other, failed plots against Egypt...