"He's hot and he's alone tonight," she said, mischief clearly on her mind.
Many young people are without jobs and have become disenchanted with the government, an echo of the feeling among youths in the 1980s who were captivated by Bhindranwale's dream of Khalistan.K.P.S. Gill, a police chief (and a Sikh), who fought the militants at the beginning of the 1990s, says "mischief is afoot once more" in Punjab politics.
He said Republican "mischief" could have been at work.
"It had an impact on my psyche," Mr. Koch said, with mischief.
As people get used to this kind of participation, he said, "the mischief will be much less noticeable".
But the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University, which monitors rogue computer programs, issued a statement yesterday that said computer mischief was not known to be a cause of the problem.
On TV, "Mr. Show" began with a camera swooping over an audience, and a delightfully menacing theme song: a rocking yet old-timey melody, with whistling, that said that mischief was coming.
"The horse has a ton of heart," trainer Bob Hess Jr. said of Mischief Clem.
In contrast, GameFan said that Mischief Makers did for 2D what Mario 64 did for 3D, and suggested that Sega should be influenced by the game.
Newkirk doesn't apologize for these tactics, saying such mischief is necessary to capture the attention of a media captivated only by outrageousness.
