Word: opportunistic
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...long as Fox's hot air merely floated away, he was just another red opportunist. But now that it is beginning to singe librarians, it is time for responsible citizens to make it clear that Fox should boost his sales in a manner more suited to his paper--like running Dick Tracy...
Right Wingman Richard has some tall claims to his title. A powerful skater and a cat-quick opportunist, he can pounce on a puck and fire his hard, left-handed shot for the net before defensemen can gather their wits. His mark of 50 goals in one season (1944-45) is an alltime League record (and one of the nine he now holds). Last week, Richard was again far ahead of the field in goals scored this season. And at week's end, Richard was hot on the trail of another record: the lifetime mark of 324 goals...
...past form," wrote Gibbs, "Schumacher could be expected to play a ruthless opportunist game, trying to maintain a neutral Germany high on the international fence by the old device of blackmailing both sides. Schumacher is no Communist, but in the end he would be playing the Communist game by undoing schemes of West European cooperation...
...trade, he switched westward, made $700,000 profit this year out of trading German steel for U.S. coal. Schlieker now claims to be a reformed character. To prove it, he recently gave Düsseldorf $475,000 for workers' housing. A British dossier concludes: "Schlieker is a ruthless opportunist, vain, ambitious and egotistical . . . With his ability, ruthlessness and adaptability, he seems destined for a leading role in Ruhr industry whatever form of organization it adopts in the future...
...blend of Caribbean mockery and Western sophistication. Author Richer, 37, a native of Martinique who has lived in France since 1927, writes with charm and is tactful enough to keep his fable short. What does it all mean? A satire on imperialism, perhaps, with Ti-Coyo symbolizing the native opportunist? Clement Richer, a nonpolitical fellow who describes himself as a misanthrope, is wise enough not to say; all that can be seen is his literary eye closing in a wink...