Word: thanklessly
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...publishing 24 pages each week, there are a lot of little details that need attending to that most readers don’t even think about. These tasks, often thankless and annoying, have been taken up by the people on this page and next, and have kept the magazine running smoothly, reading well and looking good for the past year. Frankly, FM couldn’t have done it without them and this is our little, self-indulgent way of saying thank...
...MCAT. But for seniors who plan on earning a living before they turn 25, it’s time to face up to the challenge. There’s only one way to score that Manhattan apartment where you can hang your Harvard diploma without additional years of thankless toil: sell out, and go into I-banking or consulting...
...occupation authority, while demoralizing Baathist resistance fighters by eliminating two of their key political leaders and warning them that the capability of U.S. intelligence to detect Baathist leaders is growing. Equally important, it will provide an important morale-booster to U.S. troops straining under the weight of an often thankless mission...
...plenty of time to dilate upon them. In an uncharacteristically self-indulgent mood, he grumbled that Congress had shown little appreciation for his services: "But I suppose the present members hardly know me or that I have performed any." His greatest task for his country was a thankless one, though he had been instrumental in negotiating treaties of commerce and alliance with France, had adroitly bled the French treasury dry and had represented his country at the negotiating table when the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, concluding the Revolution and ushering the U.S. into its existence...
...There’s no magic bullet,” McCready said. “Sometimes it can be a thankless job, but the things that will serve him well are the things that he’s practiced professionally and personally throughout his entire career. Integrity, trust, honesty, those will rule...