Word: opportunist
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...following note to a boy: “Want to have a 24-hour affair?” They are still happily dating nearly three thousand hours later...The tone was perhaps slightly less romantic at the Harvard Ski Club’s Ski Trip, where one freshman opportunist happily jumped between the beds of three junior ladies—nothing keeps the cold out better than young blood...Except for porn, apparently, as the guy at Noch’s excitedly articulated in front of stunned customers. It almost makes you wish you’d taken Spanish...Nudie...
...against the league’s bottom two-thirds, to move into a second-place tie with Harvard in the conference standings. Neither front-runner nor upstart, the Crimson’s upcoming opponents are studies in the final two levels of quality in the league—the opportunist and the doormat. Union is definitively the latter; the Dutchwomen are working on an astounding streak of 58 straight losses in league play, dating back to February 2004. A total of 16 of those defeats have come this season, as Union has been outscored 108-11 in conference action. Further...
...potentially decide the 2008 election. He could then also declare to his base that he escaped Massachusetts – that kooky, liberal bastion – as soon as he was able. Not to mention, unlike in Massachusetts where he is today largely viewed as a slick opportunist, the Romney name still has cachet in Michigan; his father George was a highly respected Governor there. So why is he now planning on remaining in the Commonwealth...
...Being on a location where people are suffering and playing a cutthroat opportunist who is taking advantage of the situation there was disturbing. It really affected me, just being in that environment and playing that character...
...after a massive voluntary recall of laptop batteries, Stringer turned opportunist, using the smoking cells as cover to clear out the vestiges of Sony's change-resistant culture. In Stringervision, the new Sony is led by software and linked horizontally across its vast product line. No more will the folks in the camera group not know what the TV-set guys are doing, he vows. He named a new boss of the consumer-electronics unit, Katsumi Ihara, to see to that. Software design is getting an overhaul too, so movies, MP3 players, TVs and cameras aren't strangers. The shining...