Magna Carta was an opportunistic document,

There was a renaissance of sorts in England at this time, although it's not been given top billing like the Italian Renaissance. Oxford and Cambridge were flourishing ... [more] people were learning to read and write, glasses could be bought to prolong eyesight, roads and bridges were being built, better modes of transport were being engineered, medicine was becoming less a matter of guesswork, more scientific. People realized the world was round (actually, only doltish idiots believed it was flat).

At a time when the king, and most of his subjects, believed his power to be God-given, these were extraordinary sentiments. And the eloquence of those sentences, the nobility and idealism they express, has elevated this piece of legislation to eternal iconic status.

We have to document the value of our facilities to the region. This is the first comprehensive report in over a decade.

It seems that we're being a whole lot more opportunistic all the way around.

BASF's offer is opportunistic and undervalues Engelhard.