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...socialist, but two years after sweeping nationalizations and other leftist policies had created runaway inflation, a spiraling trade deficit and a sagging franc, he abruptly changed course and put the country on a solidly capitalistic course. For that, critics called him a cynical, power-thirsty, amoral opportunist. Mitterand's reputation was more severely damaged, however, by revelations that he continued a relationship with former Vichy police chief Rene Bousquet, a Nazi sympathizer, long after Bousquet had been charged with crimes against humanity for his actions in deporting French Jews during World War II. But Sancton concludes that "Mitterand deserves credit...
...chafing under economic sanctions imposed by the U.N. For months Milosevic had been trying to make some deal to get those sanctions lifted. Discussions of such a deal have hinged on Milosevic's willingness and ability to make his Bosnian Serb clients negotiate a peace. Always more of an opportunist than a true nationalist, Milosevic has for some time appeared willing to sell out his brethren Serbs for the sake of unshackling himself from sanctions...
Since accusing Hollywood of playing a role in accelerating the moral decay of the United States, Senate majority leader Bob Dole has come under heavy fire from the national media elite. He has been called a cultural ignoramus, a vote-hungry opportunist, a hypocrite and even a racist. The motives behind his critique have been called into serious question. According to his critics, Dole criticizes Hollywood not out of genuine concern over a serious societal problem, but in order to improve his chances of securing the Republican Party's presidential nomination...
...local TV newscaster Wayne Satz, who early on reported the ghastliest accusations against the McMartins with sensationalistic relish. From talk-show hosts to newspaper reporters, the media avidly portrayed the McMartins as torturers. Even Ray Buckey's lawyer Danny Davis-played intriguingly by James Woods as part camera-ready opportunist, part righteous upholder of justice-presumed the McMartins guilty at first...
...election Hanselman beat outgoing vice president Joshua D. Liston '95, who was painted by each of his three opponents as a scandal-burdened political opportunist...