Word: opportunistic
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...definitely a man who asked for it. Becket was the first famous victim in a struggle between church and state that culminated, four centuries later, in Henry VIII's breach with Rome. But historians are divided on Becket's role. To many he was a worldly opportunist who, somewhere along the way, underwent a remarkable spiritual conversion. Others saw him as a martyr only to ambition, who lost out in a struggle for power with his King. Britain's Alfred Duggan, a first-rate historical novelist (The Little Emperors), takes a polite middle ground. He does...
...mood as narrow provincialism, selfishness or irresponsibility. But in fact it was a lot healthier than the global nail-biting that had preceded it. Chronic crisis and creeping frustration had produced some ugly effects in the U.S., the most conspicuous being the emotions roused pro and con a weightless opportunist named Joe McCarthy. Now McCarthy had receded to a mere smudge on the political landscape. His decline is part of the restoration of the U.S. picture to its proper perspective...
...Some suspect that Tumulty is more opportunist than clown. In his own district, Jersey City's monthly Independent, a non-partisan newsletter, ticked him off in an imaginary interview. Sample: "Q". 'They say that you jump too easily / From the Donkey's back to the G.O.P./ Would you care to comment, Mr. T.?' A, 'I'm for only one party / A grand old party / And that grand old party...
...Crimson three quarters moved up field immediately after the second half kickoff, Nat Cooke increasing the lead to six points with an opportunist drop kick from 25 yards...
...attack (on the 'Nixon fund') to his and his party's advantage." It is just this type of "skill" which has made him the "Political Enemy No. 1" not of the Democrats but of the Republicans. Mr. Nixon stands unchallenged as the top-ranking fake and opportunist in contemporary American politics...