Opportunism
478. Opportunism
- Arabella, Lady squire’s wife matchmakes with money in mind. [Br. Lit.: Doctor Thorne ]
- Ashkenazi, Simcha shrewdly and unscrupulously becomes merchant prince. [Yiddish Lit.: The Brothers Ashkenazi ]
- Butler, Rhett southerner interested only in personal gain from Civil War. [Am. Lit.: Gone With the Wind ]
- carpetbaggers northern politicians who settled in the South to control the Negro vote. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 84]
- Cowperwood, Frank A. capitalist involves politicians in shady dealings. [Am. Lit.: The Financier, Magill I, 280–282]
- Nostromo entrusted with a cargo of silver, manages to conceal some for his own gain. [Br. Lit.: Conrad Nostromo ]
- Peters, Ivy shyster lawyer capitalizing in New Frontier territory. [Am. Lit.: A Lost Lady ]
- Ravenel, Gontran de weds peasant’s plain daughter to obtain land. [Fr. Lit.: Mont-Oriol, Magill I, 618–620]
- Wallingford, “Get-Rich-Quick” ingenious rascal of high finance; quasi-lawful. [Am. Lit.: Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford, Hart, 150]
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