Word: opportunists
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From the start, McCain was attacked as an opportunist and a carpetbagger. His high-priced Washington consultants, big war chest and television ads did nothing to alter that image. At a debate with his three Republican primary opponents, he took aim at the issue and killed it dead. "Listen, pal," he replied to a challenge to his status as an Arizonan. "I spent 22 years in the Navy. My father was in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Navy. We in the military service tend to move a lot. I wish I could have had the luxury, like...
...Opportunist Alert...
...Jackson, life can't get any better than it was that night in 1984. Securing Goodman's release instantly transformed him, in the public mind, from a doggerel-spouting opportunist into a diplomatic star and serious presidential candidate. But only a few weeks later, Jackson's references to New York City as "Hymie Town" hit the front pages, plunging him--and his standing in the polls--into a depression. Ever since, through two presidential campaigns and countless crusades, he has been trying to recapture the acclaim he won in Damascus and the euphoric high it gave...
...leave. Along with half a dozen other employees who have spoken out about their health problems, Polansky is consumed by mounting medical bills, the cost of her lawsuits against the airline and the air-conditioning company that serviced the building, and by Southwest's countercharge that she is an opportunist whose medical problems are unrelated to the building...
...York voters as well expressed their distaste for the base brand of politics practiced by three-term incumbent Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato, by purging themselves of his leadership. In the past, D'Amato has shown himself to be the worst sort of political opportunist, flip-flopping on the issues and exploiting ethnic and racial stereotypes for his political gain. The victor in the Senate race, Representative Charles E. Schumer '71 has shown himself to be a devoted public servant and will hopefully serve New Yorkers better than his predecessor...