Word: opportunistic
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...Kennedy, for example, was making speeches indicating support of President Johnson's position late in 1967. What is important to me is the substance and strength of a candidate's current positions; and, if there has been a change of position, whether that change was sincerely felt, or merely opportunist. I am convinced that Senator Muskie's current position on the war is deeply sincere; and that he has a unique ability to move a large constituency in the United States-on the issue of the war, as well as fundamental domestic issues-much further in the direction that they...
Something of this same way of thinking is apparent whenever people at Harvard talk about Yale, and especially when they discuss Yale's reaction to last Mayday. Conditioned by the belief that the academic is essentially corrupt, an opportunist, a man in search of personal gain, it is easy to understand why the actions of the Yale faculty seem suspect, or why a Harvard observer would be moved to speak of King-man Brewster as a "grinning hypocrite." If Yale did not go to Hell, it was not because it didn't deserve...
...aloof, poorly informed man who rode around in a black Cadillac licensed GK-1. By contrast, S.D.S. Leader Mark Rudd shows a jungle instinct for the weakness of his elders; he emerges as a troublemaker, possibly useful as a goad in a good cause, but essentially a shortsighted opportunist...
...elected to govern the university for two years by his fellow professors-was replaced with a more powerful president elected for seven years by a council of 33 professors, 33 lecturers, 33 students and 15 university employees. Kreibich, who is thought to be a leftist by the professors, an opportunist by the red cells, and has the confidence of neither, must make his office work. After two months as president, he is looking toward next month's spring vacations to ease tensions. If he is forced to call police, he will win support from the professors and please...
...path to tread to attain world infamy. His mother the worst kind of thief, stealing guns so others could kill. A father who defected and was a traitor to the French government for which he worked. Ho, a hard man who literally butchered his way to leadership-an opportunist who rode every horse as long as it suited his purpose...