Word: thanklessly
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Spunk, a capacity, if not a liking, for hard & thankless jobs, a willingness to play roles that would send most Hollywood beauties protesting to their agents, have given Bette Davis her present eminence. "I'm no Pollyanna," she says truthfully, "I like to play gutty girls and attractive wenches." There was a time, however, when she wanted to play Alice in Wonderland. "I'd be wonderful," said she, "with my popeyes and long neck...
...communities in the United States shelter as large a collection of anonymous scholars as that area vaguely designated as Harvard Square, where hundreds of men learned in their special fields live in comparative seclusion. Their function is vital to posterity, but it is often a thankless job so far as they personally are concerned. Any movement which can draw these men out and give them an opportunity to share their knowledge with the public and earn its immediate appreciation, not only renders a service to society, but repays the scholars in part for their labor and lends them added incentive...
...Green's principal role in A. F. of L. is that of mediary between the warring factions of his high command. It is a thankless...
...credit at the butcher's and baker's grew narrower, Alec's creative flow dried up to nearly nothing. As household chores became major problems, his and Kate's intercourse became a continuous quarrel. At last he threw up the dry sponge, gave up his thankless Art, took them all home to find a more comfortable way to live...
...role of Isolde--a part no less grueling than that of Brunhilde in the Ring which she is also to sing here in Boston. The role of Tristan is to be taken by the well known Wagnerian tenor, Lauritz Melchior. This part is without doubt one of the most thankless in all grand opera from the acting standpoint, for during the entire last act, Mr. Melchior is forced to toss feverishly on a couch in death agonies while at the same time singing a long and rather dull part. Few tenors have been able to bounce up and down...