Word: thankless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though I will soon be forgotten, I used to have a hand in running a college newspaper editorial page. Tough, thankless job that it is, I am delighted to announce that it has at least prepared me well for the life that line ahead...
...Canadian U.N. soldiers on a cold afternoon just before Christmas, it was bad enough to be on the thankless mission of patrolling a road in the thick of fighting between Serbs and Bosnian government troops. But if the past 20 months of warfare in the former Yugoslavia have proved anything, it is that things can always get worse...
Give them all credit for taking on a thankless task. The Penny-Kasich House version includes a politically risky reduction of Medicare payments for recipients who earn $75,000 or more in adjusted gross income. Penny can afford the risk -- he has already announced that this will be his last term in the House. And Kerrey, who has no plans for retirement soon, knows what he's up against. "I could walk into the Senate with a headband in Japanese lettering, salute the Emperor and go to my death offering major deficit reduction," he laments. Should a ceremonial sword...
...minority leadership of the House now moves to Gingrich, who had announced his intention to oppose Michel for the party leadership in the next Republican conference and might well have won. Tired of Gingrich's machinations and no doubt weary after four decades of thankless but exemplary service as minority leader, Michel called it quits. What Gingrich may do with his power makes me cringe, considering his past...
...thankless job (with the notable exception of that one beautiful letter), but its saving grace is its creative gratification. Authors know that words have no meaning unless they're arranged properly. Designers know that letters, words, numbers and stories have no meaning unless they're properly presented...