Word: opportunists
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...race plays a significant role in the NYPD’s unwillingness to recognize him as a true threat to the war on drugs and the Sicilian Mafia’s unwillingness to recognize him as a true competitor in the business of organized crime. Ever the clever opportunist, Lucas uses society’s disparaging notions of African-American intelligence and strength to operate below the radar and ultimately manipulate those parties who assumed him powerless. Director Scott (“Gladiator”) uses quick cuts to and from close-ups of Lucas’ eyes...
...left him, his memoir would have read like Mario Vargas Llosa’s new novel, “The Bad Girl.” While Marilyn is probably the original Bad Girl, the novel’s titular bad girl is no less a seductress, adventure-seeker, or opportunist than the actress was thought to be, although hers is a less intriguing and iconic story. Otilita—we learn this is her given name only in the last fifty pages of the book—first appears as Lily, an exotic Chilean schoolgirl who captures the hearts...
...Yeltsin: Hero or Opportunist? Boris Yeltsin: The Man Atop the Tank Yeltsin's Promise and Failure Russia's Maverick Boris Bounces Back Remembering Yeltsin Why Yeltsin Declared Himself Y2K Incompatible Who Should Be the Person of the Century? Boris Bribery Scandal? What Else Is New? Russia's Puppet Master Yeltsin's Fast-Break Generals Survival Of The Fittest Yeltsin Plays Roulette With Russia's Economy But Yeltsin Only Purges After He Drinks Free Fall: Russia in Crisis Surviving Yeltsin's 'Cold' Rescuing Boris The People Choose TIME Covers
...Yeltsin: Hero or Opportunist? Boris Yeltsin: The Man Atop the Tank Yeltsin's Promise and Failure Russia's Maverick Boris Bounces Back Remembering Yeltsin Why Yeltsin Declared Himself Y2K Incompatible Who Should Be the Person of the Century? Boris Bribery Scandal? What Else Is New? Russia's Puppet Master Yeltsin's Fast-Break Generals Survival Of The Fittest Yeltsin Plays Roulette With Russia's Economy But Yeltsin Only Purges After He Drinks Free Fall: Russia in Crisis Surviving Yeltsin's 'Cold' Rescuing Boris The People Choose TIME Covers
...Yeltsin: Hero or Opportunist? Boris Yeltsin: The Man Atop the Tank Yeltsin's Promise and Failure Russia's Maverick Boris Bounces Back Remembering Yeltsin Why Yeltsin Declared Himself Y2K Incompatible Who Should Be the Person of the Century? Boris Bribery Scandal? What Else Is New? Russia's Puppet Master Yeltsin's Fast-Break Generals Survival Of The Fittest Yeltsin Plays Roulette With Russia's Economy But Yeltsin Only Purges After He Drinks Free Fall: Russia in Crisis Surviving Yeltsin's 'Cold' Rescuing Boris The People Choose TIME Covers