
	Where results make sense

Topic: The Opportunists

	[No title]
		Opportunists, however, are people who look to take advantage of savers and investors through manipulation of the market.
		Be leery of opportunists who try to convince you that you need to move your money into a so-called "Y2K" protected bank account.
		Other opportunists, known as lawyers, are also out to make a new living through Y2K and its unforeseen problems.
	lubbock.hiringnetwork.com /common/article8.html (660 words)

	Unfocused: Opportunists and Opportunity
		Opportunists and Opportunity -- Britt Blaser has gone off on a riff about political opportunism today that's worth a look.
		Politicians are naturally opportunistic, but at each point in the trajectory of a nation's evolution, there are levels of opportunism that even they won't sink to.
		Just as opportunists in state government couldn't resist the siren call of lottery profits, so too was the big-gummint temptation too great for the opportunistic Ashcroft, Bush and Cheney.
	www.focusedperformance.com /2003/08/opportunists-and-opportunity.html (498 words)

	Reading 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		These plants are termed opportunists because they rely on their seeds’ falling into settings where competing plants have been removed by natural processes, such as along an eroding riverbank, on landslips, or where a tree falls and creates a gap in the forest canopy.
		It should be noted, however, that the pure opportunist or pure competitor is rare in nature, as most species fall between the extremes of a continuum, exhibiting a blend of some opportunistic and some competitive characteristics.
		Dandelions are called opportunists because they contribute to the natural processes of erosion and the creation of gaps in the forest canopy.
	www.ets.org /vgn-ext-templating/v?vgnextoid=efb72d3631df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=cde7197a484f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD (1225 words)

	Lenin: What Next? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Typical of the socialist parties of the epoch of the Second International was one that tolerated in its midst an opportunism built up in decades of the “peaceful” period, an opportunism that kept itself secret, adapting itself to the revolutionary workers, borrowing their Marxist terminology, and evading any clear cleavage of principles.
		In Italy, the party was the exception for the period of the Second International; the opportunists, headed by Bissolati, were expelled from the party.
		The opportunists (and deserters from the workers’ party such as Mussolini) practised social-chauvinism, lauding (as Plekhanov did) “gallant Belgium”, thereby shielding the policies, not of a gallant, but of a bourgeois Italy, which would plunder the Ukraine and Galicia.
	www.marxists.org /archive/lenin/works/1915/jan/09.htm (2927 words)

	[No title]
		Of immeasurably greater significance, however, is the fact that, in his very controversy with the opportunists, in his formulation of the question and his manner of treating it, we can new see, as we study the history of Kautsky's latest betrayal of Marxism, his systematic deviation towards opportunism precisely on the question of the state.
		It is all the more characteristic, therefore, that although Kautsky so explicitly declared that the era of revolution had already begun, in the pamphlet which he himself said was devoted to an analysis of the "political revolution", he again completely avoided the question of the state.
		Kautsky abandons Marxism for the opportunist camp, for this destruction of the state machine, which is utterly unacceptable to the opportunists, completely disappears from his argument, and he leaves a loophole for them in that "conquest" may be interpreted as the simple acquisition of a majority.
	eserver.org /Govt/state-and-revolution/06.vulgarization-of-marxism.txt (4126 words)

	Tiffany Bosler -Line 64
		He realizes after talking with Virgil that these sinners "have no hope of death." This pain that they feel now is the pain they have felt since their mortal death and is the pain that they will feel for the rest of time.
		The Opportunists will never be done suffering for their failure to worship God.
		The Opportunists were sentenced to a life of unending torture without the hope of death to comfort them.
	www.cwrl.utexas.edu /~nelson/poesis/spring03/assignments/w_land/annot/tbos.html (813 words)

	The Opportunists - Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews
		That's the case with The Opportunists, in which both Christopher Walken and Cyndi Lauper deliver low key yet tremendously entertaining performances in the first feature by Myles Conell.
		At it's heart, The Opportunists is a purely blue collar American family slice of life drama.
		In its way it is not all that different from many of the British slice of life dramas that find their way to the arthouse circuits.
	www.crankycritic.com /archive00/opportunists.html (676 words)

	'The Opportunists': Cyndi Lauper Interview :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		While Lauper is sporting a mane of purple/white/fl hair nowadays (purple is a "healing color," she says), her character in "The Opportunists" is much more subdued, the opposite of her gum-snapping "Mad About You" role.
		Lauper says she was attracted to the film, after previous big-screen turns in "Vibes" and "Life With Mikey," because of its realistic portrayal of down-on-the-luck life in Queens.
		In the meantime, "The Opportunists" is set to open Aug. 11.
	www.hollywood.com /features/t1/nav/5/id/473855 (377 words)

	Afgha.com - Realists vs. Idealists vs. Opportunists in Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The realists are currently in the ascendant, but challenges from the idealists and the opportunists may continue well after the constitution is ratified.
		They believe that their ability to maintain significant regional power will be enhanced by the likelihood that they can build parliamentary alliances to thwart the efforts of the President and the executive branch to curb their influence.
		The continued capacity of the opportunists and the spoilers to undermine security in many parts of the country could force the postponement, or even the cancellation of elections.
	www.afgha.com /?af=article&sid=40103 (941 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| 'The Opportunists'
		The Opportunists, in short, loads the reasons why Victor needs a victory, while the seriousness and bleakness of the Sunnyside neighborhood seems to demand a noble failure instead.
		Though, to those who remember the cinematic era The Opportunists is based upon, it seems that that decade's pessimism can never be recalled, especially in money-drunk, optimistic times.
		The Opportunists (R; 89 min.) written and directed by Myles Connell, photographed by Teo Maniaci, and starring Christopher Walken and Cyndi Lauper, opens Friday at Camera 3 in San Jose and the Aquarius in Palo Alto.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/08.24.00/opportunists-0034.html (824 words)

	Death of circumcision initiates blamed on opportunists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Inkosi Mpiyezintombi Mzimela, the chairperson of the national house of traditional leaders, says the increasing number of deaths of young boys from circumcision is largely due to the custom being performed by opportunists.
		The house and its partners are holding a two-day conference from today on deaths at initiation schools.
		He says to stop the deaths, traditional ways must be amalgamated with modern ways to prevent infection and death.
	www.cirp.org /news/sabc05-24-04 (94 words)

	riverfronttimes.com \| \| Film \| The Opportunists \| 2000-09-06
		It's strange to encounter a movie like The Opportunists, the debut feature by writer/director Myles Connell, because, as it eschews pomp and sensationalism, there aren't a lot of obvious highlights to mention.
		The stakes are low, the relationships are subtle, and Christopher Walken hardly even raises his voice, barking only a single syllable in a fleeting moment of anguish.
		Until then, The Opportunists is simply a whiff of great unwashedness yet to come.
	www.riverfronttimes.com /issues/2000-09-06/film3.html (1010 words)

	Christopher Walken - Cranky Critic® StarTalk - Movie Star Interviews
		We took the opportunity to talk with Christopher Walken while he was making the rounds for the indieflick The Opportunists, co-starring Cyndi Lauper.
		The Opportunists is the story of a blue collar auto mechanic who's done time for safecracking.
		He's learned his lesson but times are tough and the old "gang" has found a sweet job and this previously unknown cousin from Ireland has shown up on his doorstep.
	www.crankycritic.com /qa/christopherwalken.html (1582 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: The Opportunists
		Walken plays Victor Kelly, an ex-con turned auto mechanic struggling to be a responsible man, earning an honest living in the hopes of redeeming himself for the lifetime of trouble he has brought down on his small, fractured family.
		Vic soon realizes his skills as a mechanic are not nearly as marketable as his safe-cracking skills, and he reluctantly finds himself risking everything for one last shot to save his business and his family.
		The Opportunists is the feature debut of Irish-born director Myles Connell, whose only other work appears to be an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street.
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/4a70265ecf80030388256e2500834f36/9e0c4592566c4fe7882569080063bf70?OpenDocument (560 words)

	Take Responsibility, Be an Authentic Leader: Alpha Imports (NY) Inc. - Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Opportunists use the words "I" and "me" instead of "we" when discussing positive outcomes.
		"Opportunists feel a need to tell you-in the first five minutes of any given conversation - about some great victory they had, some important tide they had, some board they sit on, or someone important they know," Schweich said.
		A final red flag is the simple, but often-heard phrase, "should be." A senior Justice Department official told Schweich that those words say much about a person when they're in response to a question on the status of an assignment.
	www.alphaimports.com /NewsLetter/Mar0904.html (497 words)

	JamesBowman.net \| Opportunists, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Opportunists by Myles Connell is a pleasant surprise.
		To some extent, it represents a throwback to the good old days in Hollywood when even the most hard-boiled gangster movies, or movies later taken to have glorified the criminal life, could be relied upon to portray a moral world characterized by inflexible certainty about what constituted right and wrong.
		I don't say that more could not have been done with it, and with the enigmatic character of the person who performs it, but we should be grateful to have been given as much as we have.
	www.jamesbowman.net /review.asp?pubID=819 (676 words)

	The State and Revolution — Chapter 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is not a polemic against Bernstein, but, in essence, a concession to him, a surrender to opportunism; for at present the opportunists ask nothing better than to "quite safely leave to the future" all fundamental questions of the tasks of the proletarian revolution.
		Throughout the pamphlet the author speaks of the winning of state power--and no more; that is, he has chosen a formula which makes a concession to the opportunists, inasmuch as it admits the possibility of seizing power without destroying the state machine.
		Afterwards opportunists frequently referred to this point to justify their collaboration with the bourgeoisie.
	www.marxists.org /archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch06.htm (4869 words)

	Movie Photos: The Opportunists
		But in THE OPPORTUNISTS it is the lack of crime that's infuriating.
		Watching THE OPPORTUNISTS finally come into focus is like staring at a picture being downloaded over a slow modem link.
		It is rated R for language, but with the exception of a few mildly-delivered F-words, the film would be PG, not even PG-13.
	www.allmoviephoto.com /photo/2000_The_Opportunists_photo.html (590 words)

	'The Opportunists'
		Their target is running a scam of his own, so it's not like they're stealing from the Little Sisters of the Poor, they rationalize.
		Taking a break from his wide-eyed weirdos, Walken is an ex-convict who quietly acknowledges, "The regular citizen thing is not going too good." Vera Farmiga is the daughter he lost and regained; Cyndi Lauper is his girlfriend, a law-abiding bar owner; and Peter McDonald, the visiting Irishman.
		There are a couple of holes in "Opportunists," but it's a nice little movie with a modest payoff.
	www.postgazette.com /movies/20001013opportunist2.asp (229 words)

	The Opportunists and Colonel Rhodes call it quits - Buzz Magazine - Listen, Hear
		Arun: The Opportunists are two drummers (Meghan Krausch and myself) and two guitarists (Miranda O'Dell and Cyrus Pireh).
		Because The Opportunists have always emphasized the issue of gender balance in rock 'n' roll, Buzz also spoke to guitarist Miranda O'Dell, who informed us that people who make it out to the show "will be cooler and sexier" because they will get to see three great, gender-balanced bands.
		The Opportunists will play their final show this Saturday at Mike 'n Molly's.
	www.readbuzz.com /media/paper755/news/2005/07/14/ListenHear/The-Opportunists.And.Colonel.Rhodes.Call.It.Quits-962589.shtml (876 words)

	The Opportunists
		In particular, I was left wondering if the film would not have been even more fun to watch if there had been few more scenes to satisfy these questions, and a few judicious cutting of some the more plodding bits earlier on.
		Thanks to the always superb efforts of a true craftsman such as Christopher Walken, and the surprise turns of both Cyndi Lauper and Vera Farmiga, The Opportunists is an enjoyable film to watch.
		He is a survivor of Lucasfilm, The Walt Disney Company, and The Directors Guild Of America.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/Opportunists/Opportunists.html (607 words)

	The Opportunists
		Once, he was a convicted bank robber, but he served his time and is trying to start over.
		The Opportunists is chock full of meticulous acting, but lacks momentum, making the hour and a half running time seem a lot longer.
		The conflict in The Opportunists is not about the heist itself, it is about Victor coming to terms with his own actions.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/opportunists.html (419 words)

	Cyndi Lauper - Hollywood Reporter - February 22, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		First Look Pictures has acquired the North American theatrical and TV rights to the Sundance Film Festival 2000 entry "The Opportunists" from Prosperity Picutres and New Beginnings Media.
		First Look's parent company, Overseas Filmgroup, will be pre-selling the foreign rights to "The Opportunists" in Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom at the American Film Market, which runs Wednesday through March 1.
		Myles Connell made his feature writing and helming debut on "The Opportunists," which was executive produced by Peter Saraf, Jonathan Demme and Edward Saxon.
	www.cyndilauper.com /article_det.php?display=all&art_id=457 (221 words)

	Opportunists
		Opportunists have perfected the art of manipulation and are raging a successful war.
		Unless you live in a cave, you will experience an opportunist.
		You've felt the slow, chipping away of the spirit at the hands of several master opportunists.
	journals.aol.com /jayisme00000/SnapShots/entries/38 (210 words)

	The Opportunists
		The Opportunists wisely uses its characters against its emigrant backdrop of a waterfront area, that once ensured gainful employment.
		The Opportunists then weaves its enveloping characterizations into a variation on Palookaville with less emphasis on comedy even though the main action, a late night heist, has some light moments after Michael steps on a squeaking dog toy.
		What knocked on the door of The Opportunists for Walken was the chance to give Vic an integrity that people can observe from a strong familial and vivid section of New York.
	www.projections-movies.com /reviews/opportunists.html (315 words)

	The Opportunists
		Commentary: The Bush administration is dismissing critics of its war designs, calling them political opportunists and questioning their patriotism.
		That is what politicians do, seize opportunities and hope the gains of their opportunistic positioning outweigh any related costs.
		Their criticism was the same -- Gore, they thundered, was a political opportunist playing on American worries.
	www.motherjones.com /commentary/columns/2002/42/we_176_01.html (1027 words)

	Review: The Opportunists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Opportunists is a character study masquerading as a heist movie.
		Those who saw Paul Newman's most recent film, Where the Money Is, may find a few similarities to The Opportunists, although this movie concentrates less on the crime than on the man committing it.
		Nevertheless, there are some fascinating heist-related scenes, including a lengthy practice session in which Vic stays up all night reducing the time it takes for him to crack the combination (there's a six minute limit before an alarm goes off).
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/o/opportunists.html (440 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Socialism
		The Marxian "Erfurt Programme", adopted in 1891, is still the official creed of the Party.
		But the "Revisionist" policy is obviously gaining ground and, if the Stuttgart Congress of 1907 be any indication, is rapidly transforming the revolutionary Marxist party into an opportunist body devoted to specific social reforms.
		In 1881, after the Anarchist-Communist group under Kropotkin and Reclus had seceded, two parties came into existence, the opportunist Alliance Socialiste Republicaine, and the Marxian Parti Ouvrier Socialiste Revolutionaire de France.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14062a.htm (5943 words)

	The Opportunists
		Tell Me More About It: What makes "The Opportunists" special is that Victor is an everyday Joe, and not a thug or super slick guy, as in the average crime movie.
		There is a certain sadness in his eyes, even when things are going the way he wants, that makes us care about him.
		"The Opportunists" is one of those good, but not great films, that elevates itself with an outstanding ending.
	www.reelmoviecritic.com /2000/id582.htm (523 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)