Word: opportunist
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...Stevenson & Mr. K Sir: Adlai Stevenson's statement blaming the Republican Administration for the trouble at the summit proves him to be a political opportunist of the first order. MRS. IVAN SMITH Edgar...
...Best Man. In a 1960 political convention, a ruthless opportunist and a hopeless idealist gnaw at each other's vitals while the audience tries to decide just who in actual political life most closely resembles Playwright Gore Vidal's characters...
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Venetian Way was completely recovered from a winter attack of bloodworms. He had given Bally Ache the race of his life in April's Florida Derby, losing by a nose. And the man who would be up on Venetian Way was arrogant Bill Hartack, 27, a cold-eyed opportunist who is at his best when the rewards are high...
...stick. Though the shipyard gets much of his time, more than half of schlieker's profits still come from trading, specially in steel. When questioned about he future, he says only: "I have no imperialistic ambitions." But as a British intelligence report once noted: "He is a ruthless opportunist, vain, ambitious, and egotistical . . . who seems destined for leading role in Ruhr industry, whatever orm of organization it adopts in the future...