Word: thanklessly
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TURNING A CLASSIC OF CHILDREN'S literature into a movie can be a thankless task. It's drudge work for the adapters if they are totally faithful to the text. Yet to make any changes can be deemed a sacrilege. To kids, a fairy tale is as sacred as the Pentateuch; it instructs them in the perils and wonders of the world they are just getting used to. Even as adults, they may retain what they believe to be a moral copyright on their memory of favorite stories. Don't dig up my Secret Garden, they protest. Don't abuse...
Martin Lee has one of the world's most thankless jobs: crusading for democracy in Hong Kong...
...PRESIDENCY HAS BECOME A thankless, ineffective job for egoists. Intelligent, well-respected, highly capable, no-nonsense, truly compassionate candidates shouldn't stoop to apply. Powell deserves better, much better. SYBIL FREEMAN Decatur, Georgia...
...being the designated non-driver has had an impact on my relationships with friends and loved ones. My permanent passenger status has led me to the infinitely important, yet seriously overlooked, role of Chief Navigator. My skill with maps has grown legendary. I am also often left with the thankless role of keeping the driver awake on long trips. While not driving can leave me feeling dependent and childlike, it also means that I can drink without guilt. Shotgun inevitable awaits me, much to the annoyance of those who, sober as a judge, must take me home...
...this smart-looking film as a comedy. It is -- a comedy of desperation, about a kid who really doesn't want to have sex with anyone but himself. The movie is finally predictable, but it has connected with a generation that believes it has been saddled with the thankless job of raising its own parents...