Word: opportunist
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...demand is a new election, whereby a party linked to Thaksin could conceivably return to power. But in recent weeks, their raison d'être has expanded beyond loyalty to a fallen politician. The movement's leaders now include a motley crew of populist orators, social activists and opportunist politicians - all preaching the gospel of class struggle. "I don't even like Thaksin," says Thienchai Mangmeetanasothon, owner of a small business in Bangkok. "It's not about one person. It's about how the government doesn't care about people who aren't rich...
...nervous than any of those encounters. I know what you are thinking, but it's the truth. I do believe Jobs to be a truly great figure, one of the small group of innovators who have changed the world. He exists somewhere between showman, perfectionist overseer, visionary, enthusiast and opportunist, and his insistence upon design, detail, finish, quality, ease of use and reliability are a huge part of Apple's success. Where Ive is quiet, modest and self-effacing, Jobs is confident, assured and open. For some, his personal magnetism is almost of a dangerous, Elmer Gantry kind. They call...
Reality star and red-carpet opportunist Spencer Pratt recalls growing up in Los Angeles and watching Russell Crowe during 2000's Gladiator premiere. "I watched him go through several of his Australian beers on the carpet," Pratt recalls. "The media were all around him, it was just a different kind of media. They let people get away with more because the celebrities had more power. Now some paparazzo who has to pay his rent doesn't care what Russell Crowe or his agent thinks of him. He's taking that picture and selling it." And today, media outlets would...