Word: pranking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...convictions for sabotage. ("There was no evidence of foreign-directed acts of destruction. In almost all instances the sabotage was committed by individuals because of maliciousness, spite or as a prank...
...success, Publisher Délano could thank his own publishing formula: the satirical laugh gets more results than the solemn warning, the prank is more effective than the preachment. Topaze is never really nice to anybody. But neither is it ever very nasty. Sticking almost strictly to politics, it gigs Chilean politicos with biting irony or refined ridicule, has deftly wrecked many a political career. Two examples...
...business of getting Henry and his girl to and from a high-school dance is like moving an armored division into battle. If Henry plays an April Fool prank, it is virtually certain to assume vast, unanticipated proportions...
...first account of the incident, the Post-Dispatch ran a kidding story, dubbed Stearns "the General," published his picture wiggling the "V-for-Victory" sign. Finally it had to admit Editor Coghlan's part in the prank. This moved Governor Donnell into action. He ordered Editor Coghlan arrested for larceny. Righteously the Governor said: "This is outrageous . . . filled with a spirit of anarchy and disrespect for law. . . . The law is going to be enforced, the Post-Dispatch notwithstanding...
This time, caught in a college prank, and an unsuccessful one at that, Editor Coghlan...