Word: opportunistic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...woman who loved too much: a New York City official who bribed respected state Supreme Court Justice Hortense Gabel to cut her boyfriend's alimony payments by giving Gabel's troubled daughter a job at the cultural affairs commission. To the daughter, Sukhreet Gabel, Myerson was a manipulative opportunist who banished her when the scam broke in the newspapers. To ex-wife Nancy Capasso, Myerson was a harridan who stole her husband Andy, moved into her house and wore her clothes. But to a federal jury charged with deciding her fate, Myerson was still Miss America, however tarnished...
...course, I immediately assumed that DuPont was being the quintessential opportunist. After all, any Republican would love to break the Democratic Party's grip on the poor and Black votes. Why not jump on the Jackson bandwagon and ride for all it's worth...
Walsh and other LoPresti supporters have also called Travaglini a cynical opportunist who has changed his views on a number of major issues and has suddenly gone over to the liberal side to sway voters...
Marguerite Gerstell, a lesbian candidate who dropped out in July after LoPresti received the endorsement of the Greater Boston Lesbian and Gay Alliance, called LoPresti a political opportunist in a letter to the editor of the Cambridge Tab last week...
Fortunately, Akeem has Semmi as a foil. Hall's Semmi is a smarmy, false opportunist, but like Akeem, he's a caricature. Together, Akeem and Semmi are like adult versions of Wally Cleaver and Eddie Haskell. Their squabbles are amusing, but Hall and Murphy's cameos are funnier and more interesting than their primary roles...