Word: thanklessness
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What is odd is that Harvard defenders are willing and enthusiastic about performing this thankless heroism week after week. They leave the comfort of the stands, the solace of their companions in misery on the homeward trek over the Anderson Bridge, and, in some cases, their dates. In exchange, they have an opportunity to be punched, kicked, knocked down, disrobed, and robbed by hordes of boisterous invaders from other colleges and waves of enterprising gamins...
...mediator, Ching puffs imperturbably on his pipe as he listens, grunts understandingly, grins often, gets a relaxed atmosphere with homely saws. He is good at it. But is he the tough man for the thankless job of wage stabilizer? "I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig," Ching likes to say. "You get dirty and besides the pig likes it." When the time comes to crack down hard on employers or workers, the job may need a man who doesn't mind getting dirty...
Infantrymen will appreciate Hemingway's high regard for their tough, thankless chore, but they will also be made uneasy by the uncharacteristic, cultlike talk of Hero Cantwell when he belligerently discusses his "trade." Hemingway, once a master of dialogue, seems to have forgotten how infantrymen-even colonels-really talk and think...
...problems of trying to keep a balanced military force on hand, of acting as liaison between the J.C.S. and the White House, were the thankless responsibilities of Omar Bradley...
Indo-China, in brief, has become a dangerous liability for France-nor does any realistic Frenchman think it can ever again be an asset. Why, therefore, spend more blood and treasure in thankless jungle strife? Why not pull...