Sentence examples for opportunism from inspiring English sources

Inverdale said he believed that Miller's intervention was political opportunism.

But it was perhaps not just opportunism, but a sense of frustration with the inability of this strand of thinking to yield concrete policies for "community-building", which led Merkel to take a neoliberal turn in 2003.

The premise of this new MTV comedy – two unpopular girls pretend to be a couple to gain popularity in their liberal Texan high school – smacked of Katy Perry opportunism, and the internet responded to the announcement of its arrival with a collective eye roll.

What his friends call pragmatism, his foes deem opportunism.

He is an elected politician, opportunism is what politicians do.

"To call it opportunism would be unkind," comments a rival senior Socialist.

The former governor of Alaska even posted a note on her Facebook page claiming that Democratic reforms would somehow do in her handicapped child.Look beyond such opportunism, however, and it becomes clear that there is much genuine anger and concern among ordinary people about health reform.

But his pronouncements often veer between populism, pragmatism and sheer opportunism.

Civil servants have had three months to digest the ECJ's verdict; ramming through a solution shortly before the summer recess smells like opportunism.

This privatisation has been a catalogue of political cynicism, managerial incompetence and financial opportunism.

The State Internet Information Office, another official body, says it will establish a new vetting process to judge whether foreign information-technology products and services are compatible with national security.However, there is a clear element of commercial opportunism, too.