Word: opportunisme
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Until that point, only the maverick former Tory Enoch Powell and the small, neo-Fascist National Front had dared to stir up the fears of those who object to the presence of 1.9 million "coloreds" in Great Britain (total pop. 54 million). Thatcher's statement touched off an uproar...
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY School of Government's selection of former Texas Gov. John B. Connally as this year's Gustav Pollak lecturer is deplorable. In inviting Connally to deliver this prestigious address, the Kennedy School conferred an honor on a man who in his political career has been distinguished...
Condominium conversion, he claims, is a perfect example of liberal opportunism. "When the issue came before the council, liberals wanted to minimize condominium conversion because if they aren't converted there would be young students living in them who would vote liberal," Danehy charges. Needless to say, those who favor...
But the failure of traditional economic solutions may in the coming months push more and more of this block to see through men like Chirac and to break this pattern. The municipal elections this spring and the legislative elections next year will tell. Until then, unemployment continues to worsen while...
The Third Man. Directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene with heavy infuence from its star, Orson Welles, this is quite simply the best thriller ever made. The grays and blacks of post-war Vienna provide a perfect backdrop to the machinations of Welles's demonic opportunism, and...