Word: opportunistic
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...published article, De Gasperi had written: "We must shake off our indolence and sense of depression . . . The lack of a solid majority has so far compelled this government, no matter how friendly, to ask for support from both the opportunist Right and the demagogic Left." Aside from the specific criticism, what angered Pella was the word "friendly," which seemed to indicate that De Gasperi did not really regard it as a Christian Democratic government...
...that Japan should rearm. What has this to do with the long-term "moral purpose" upon which you declare your policy to be based? You rightly demand "a clear and effective United States policy," even at the cost of losing British cooperation. But how can we cooperate with so opportunist a policy as this? Then this queer idea that the British want merely to achieve a balance of power in Europe ! Surely it is because we have interests in every part of the world that we oppose the strong local action so often advocated in the U.S. You wish that...
...answered the question for them: "They must have a heart of stone, and put pressure on the chemical workers . . . Concessions are opportunist, and opportunism is fatal...
Billed as a thriller, Gently Does It scares no one. And a steady stream of undisguised hints wash away any trace of suspense. Against a background of urban England, Oliver, as Edward Bare, plays a limey opportunist who, for a chance to travel abroad, kills one wife and marries a second. A sharp voice for his uneducated but shrewd conceit, the facial expressions which change with the varying moods of flattery and hate, and the complete lack of human warmth all combine to make Bare a wonderful villain. It is this performance which is primarily responsible for keeping the play...
...opinion, it had violated its constitutional neutrality in favoring a Socialist victory. ¶ He supported State Secretary Otto Lenz's scheme for a new Ministry of Information, backed down only after the press fiercely attacked it as too reminiscent of Goebbelsism. ¶He indicated that he would reward Opportunist Waldemar Kraft's new BHE (Refugee Party) with one or two Cabinet jobs if it "behaved properly." With Kraft's support, Adenauer would have a two-thirds Bundestag majority, enabling him to change the constitution if need be. All these proposals would cause little alarm in a well...