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  • According to the upcoming revision to the DSM the proper term is “Palin Opportunism Syndrome” (POS).

    Think Progress » Profit-Seeking Palin Reportedly Rips CPAC As A Profiteering Convention 2010

  • Opportunism is fleeting and thy name for now is Palin.

    CNN Poll: Most Americans say Palin not qualified to serve as president 2009

  • "Opportunism" is when you use someone else for your own ends, thinking that you will pretend to give the other guy what he wants and in doing so, you will get what you want.

    Jane Smiley: Who's Sorry Now? 2008

  • Strassel's criticism of the House GOP and its approach to Barack Obama's war powers vis-a-vis the Libyan situation " The GOP's War Powers Opportunism ," Potomac Watch, June 24: Ms. Strassel speaks of victory, which is a worthy goal.

    World's Cop Walks Dangerous Beat 2011

  • Of course Mr. Koh has plenty of company in the U.S. Department of Rank Opportunism.

    The Contradictions of Harold Koh William McGurn 2011

  • 'Sheer Opportunism' does not have a better definition nor 'Ddiarrhea of the Mouth'. pam

    Barbour diplomatic about Steele, Palin 2010

  • I stayed in (too weary for eyes on me, and the autumn sky) and read "Superiority, Competition, and Opportunism in the Evolutionary Radiation of Dinosaurs" (Science, 12 September 2008), which examines the question of just how dinosaurs managed to come out of the Triassic so much better off than their crurotarsan contemporaries (non-dinosaurian archosaurs, including phytosaurs, aetosaurs, 'rauisuchians,' etc.).

    "Hallways...always..." acephalemagic 2008

  • Opportunism has no place to determine the candiadate for a party fo a great country.

    Angry Clinton supporters tell party leaders: 'Let's go McCain!' 2008

  • There are shows from Action Hero, which premieres Frontman, the third piece in an unintentional trilogy that began with A Western and Watch Me Fall (4 Dec), and the remarkable Ivana Müller (Fri), who deconstructs her body in 60 Minutes Of Opportunism.

    This week's new theatre Mark Cook 2010

  • A senior advisor to the Rubio campaign asks: "Will caving in to SEIU be next on the Crist Opportunism Tour?"

    Hypocrist 2010

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