Word: opportunist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yeltsin has at various times been dismissed, both in the Kremlin and in the West, as a buffoon, an opportunist, a would-be autocrat wrapped in a populist mantle. His judgment has often been questioned -- along with his sobriety. Cynical speculation has abounded about his conversion to democratic principles. His assertiveness and impulsiveness have always exasperated more conventional politicians like Gorbachev, who viewed Yeltsin for years with wariness and distrust...
AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED with cancer, Atwater, ever the opportunist, decided to curry political favor with the most powerful backer of all: God. He became a born-again Christian...
...oppose this war on moral grounds, come out and say so now. January 15--and certainly February 15--will be too late. If you come out against war only after a war or a draft starts, you will merely be a hypocrite and an opportunist, as well as a coward...
...opportunist in this game," Caples said. "We sent too many balls across the net, had too many shots, too many balls in the goalkeeper's feet not to finish it off. It's not that the chances weren't there--they were...