Word: opportunists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...turn out to be less "irreversible" than Gorbachev proclaims them to be. Even so, his reforms can no longer be dismissed as a mere matter of style, of a telegenic new face in the Kremlin. Gorbachev is that, to be sure. Also a dedicated Communist. Also a ruthless political opportunist. In 1987 he became something more, a symbol of hope for a new kind of Soviet Union: more open, more concerned with the welfare of its citizens and less with the spread of its ideology and system abroad. For fanning that hope, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is TIME...
...waterline, which just happens to be the K boat's dimension. The deed also provides that the Cup is forfeit if the challenge is not met in ten months. After a judge confirmed these conditions two weeks ago, Sail America's Thomas Ehman complained, "Fay is an opportunist who sees the chance to take a billion-dollar industry back to Auckland." Said San Diego Mayor Maureen O'Connor: "The ruling is un-American...
...short, Taubes implies, Rubbia is unethical and an opportunist. But does that simply reflect the pressures of high-energy physics? Says Sadoulet: "In this field, unfortunately, only people who are s.o.b.s are making an impact, because it's such a competitive field. But I am not one to throw stones at Rubbia. We fought a lot, but what's important is that a competent team made an important discovery." Taubes does not disagree. "Rubbia is a very smart man," he told TIME. "In a field in which the ability to raise hundreds of millions of dollars and win over governments...
Pusey never liked outsiders interfering in the University. He campaigned against McCarthy--who later attacked several Harvard professors--back when they both lived in Wisconsin, and Pusey calls the man an "abomination," adding that he was "just amoral, an opportunist...
...last week when Junejo saw that Independence Day celebrations planned for Lahore might lead to violence and an embarrassingly poor turnout for the Muslim League. In a nationally televised speech, he canceled the league's rally in Lahore and asked the opposition to cooperate. Said he: "There are certain opportunist politicians who want to use Independence Day for their own political objectives...