Word: thanklessly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hanoi has done no more than regain what was lost last fall. It is highly unlikely that the North Vietnamese seek the thankless burden of occupying all of Laos. But it would be surprising if, during the current offensive, they did not try to bloody the government's nose by pushing a bit farther than before...
...What has always hurt most about fighting the "radical" fight is that it is so thankless. Every time "working-class" strangers bait us on the street for the length of our hair or the age of our clothes, we are struck with the ironic ingratitude of "their" nastiness. Don't "they" know that we're fighting for "them...