Word: opportunists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bruce Munro, who coached Messing for two years, described Messing as "a real flamboyant character, a good goalie, a live wire and an opportunist...
Coach Ford compares Bullard to Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins. "He's an opportunist. He takes chances and he's got a flair for scoring," Ford said yesterday. Assistant coach Seamus Malin added "the type of wide-open offense that we use is ideal for Lyman's natural style of play...
...story concerns the great consternation brought about in Continental society by the appearance of Daisy Miller (Cybill Shepherd), a rich American girl touring Europe with her mother (Cloris Leachman) and bratty little brother (James McMurtry). Daisy flirts openly with a gaudy Italian opportunist, causing something of a scandal, while teasing an upright young American expatriate named Winterbourne (Barry Brown). The latter observes, with a mixture of melancholy and enchantment, her flouting of convention, and feels drawn to her. Daisy eventually catches "the Roman fever" late at night in the Colosseum, and dies of the figurative effects of culture shock...
...counter such rhetoric Mitterrand has been emphasizing his career as a responsible statesman. In fact, there is little on the surface that is frightening about him. He has been denounced as an "opportunist" more often than as a "revolutionary." During the Fourth Republic, he served in eleven governments, some of them under rightist Premiers. His portfolios ranged from Minister of Overseas Territories to Minister of the Interior. Although he has been a Socialist for much of his political life, he still says: "I am not a Marxist...
...police and volunteers his psychic resources to help solve the killing. He relates certain details of the crime only the police chief knew. The chief is suspicious, but he calls Wills in. Throughout the remainder of the investigation, he remains uncertain whether Wills is a madman, a visionary, an opportunist-or perhaps the murderer...