Word: thankless
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...taking they do each of us some much-needed good. To the student they normally mean merely more time spent in digging up knowledge about a given subject. To the faculty man, thinking up a new set of questions presents something of difficulty, and correcting blue books is a thankless task at best...
...proverbial "typical Morosco cast" certainly lives up to its name: Trixie Friganza is her own breezy, slangy, domineering self; Charles Ruggles is kept busy pacifying his different lady loves; Herbert Corthell does well in the rather thankless part of the philandering, drink-addicted husband; Dorothy Webb, dainty, lively, and vivacious, frolics through the piece as the heroine should; while the plump Lecia Lucay, the "baby grand," is the one principal blessed with a really fine voice...
...self open to criticism; it is also less difficult for those in authority to select men who have proved their ability in some other way, than to take the time necessary to make a selection from untried material. Nevertheless, with a more general willingness to undertake seemingly thankless tasks, and a wider distribution of such tasks, we believe that our activities would gain the benefits of active participation with no accompanying sacrifice of efficiency...