Word: opportunist
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...divisive figure despite that. To her friends and intimates, she will always be remembered by her nickname, Pinky. To millions of supporters, she was the inheritor of her father's political legacy and his Pakistan People's Party. To millions of others, she was a brazen opportunist - a onetime idealist warped by ambition. Bhutto's posthumous memoir, Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West, will do little to change those ingrained opinions...
...People's Party, she will always be remembered as "Pinky." It was an affectionate nickname used by those who had the opportunity to know her in earlier days, before the title Prime Minister preceded her name, or now, "assassinated former Prime Minister." But many others see her as an opportunist, a young idealist who studied at the knee of her father only to grow into a potent political force on her own, her good intentions often stymied by ambition. Bhutto's posthumously printed memoir, Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West, will do little to change those ingrained opinions. That...
...supportive audience to out oneself to… In other memorable outing events, Harvard’s resident FB BJ lady is currently dating a middle-aged goth with a Michael Flatley-esque ’do. Guess that demographic in the College is even slimmer than the closeted opportunist i-banking hopeful… Not slim enough: a slew of Harvard mamas turned away from Project East, after being explicitly told they were 2 fat 2 B hott. Weightism: the new racism for minorities… Unnaturally hairy ears didn’t stop one Harvard admin from buying...
...race plays a significant role in the NYPD’s unwillingness to recognize him as a true threat to the war on drugs and the Sicilian Mafia’s unwillingness to recognize him as a true competitor in the business of organized crime. Ever the clever opportunist, Lucas uses society’s disparaging notions of African-American intelligence and strength to operate below the radar and ultimately manipulate those parties who assumed him powerless. Director Scott (“Gladiator”) uses quick cuts to and from close-ups of Lucas’ eyes...
...left him, his memoir would have read like Mario Vargas Llosa’s new novel, “The Bad Girl.” While Marilyn is probably the original Bad Girl, the novel’s titular bad girl is no less a seductress, adventure-seeker, or opportunist than the actress was thought to be, although hers is a less intriguing and iconic story. Otilita—we learn this is her given name only in the last fifty pages of the book—first appears as Lily, an exotic Chilean schoolgirl who captures the hearts...