Word: opportunistic
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Jackson becomes bitter when other black leaders, those he feels are content to serve as "trustees of the ghetto," dismiss him as opportunistic. "Part of our problem now is that some of our leaders do not seize opportunities," he says. "I was trained by Martin to be an opportunist...
Nakasone is not only an opportunist but a stooge for former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, as shown by his appointment of seven members of the Tanaka faction to his Cabinet posts. I wish Tanaka would retire and write his memoirs, as your President Nixon...
...district's 45,000 Democratic edge in half. But few foresaw the ravages of recession in this steel-mill area, where unemployment has hit 20.4% in Beaver County. Kolter, a state legislator and former teacher, has attracted labor support in a spirited campaign depicting Atkinson, 55, as an opportunist who should be held responsible for his embrace of Reaganomics. Says Atkinson: "I have no problems being identified with the President...
...typical of this opportunist, pick 'em-up club that the television cameras and journalists didn't know whom to talk to in the Harvard locker room. Was the story Lau, whose three shutouts out of four consecutive must-win games may be an ECAC record? Was it Michael Watson, the senior captain and four-year starter, who popped home the crucial insurance goal and played a fine two-way game? Was it the five defensemen, who have allowed just four goals in four games and deserve much of the credit for the turnaround...
Tehran's rapprochement with Moscow has enraged many of Iran's right-wing clergymen, who now regard the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini as an opportunist and an apostate. Though the rightists have thus far lost the battle to keep the Islamic revolution uncontaminated by Communist support, they have gathered strength in the power struggle over who will succeed Khomeini. Government leaders have announced that preparations are being made for the selection of a supreme council of experts, which will consist of three to five theologians who will take over when Khomeini dies or he becomes too sick to rule...