Word: thankless
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...border with Serbia proper, and a supply of men and material from Belgrade has emboldened the city's Serb community to stand its ground. But while Serbs and Albanians appear to be spoiling for a fight, NATO may be losing its appetite for an increasingly complex and thankless peacekeeping mission. After all, the traditional role of peacekeepers is to keep mavericks from restarting a war that political leaders on both sides want to end. The problem in Kosovo is that neither side appears to be ready for peace...
...administration that goes on is a thankless job, but it is a necessary one," Ransom says. "There is a lot that goes on that no one sees...
BORIS YELTSIN Gets immunity, leaves thankless job and, best of all, no longer needs to hide Stoli flask...