American generals have been surprised and gratified by their allies' grit in a largely thankless task.
Peeling away the layers of misunderstanding about them is a difficult and thankless task.
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Reading the terms of service and privacy policies on the websites you visit is a thankless task.
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Few would doubt that the fund faces a thankless task in countries such as Pakistan and Greece.
Looking for Ukrainian politicians and officials who have never broken the law is a tedious and thankless task.
So reforming the professions is likely to remain a grinding, thankless task, subject to endless carping and obstruction from practitioners.
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And I want to again thank Alan and Erskine for taking on what is a difficult and perhaps thankless task.
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Some time ago I gave up trying to define what a tax haven is, as that proved to be a pretty thankless task.
Mostly though, it's a thankless task, an unending, uphill battle for Engadget, which ranges between 10 and 20, 000 comments per day.
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Peter Osborne could be continuing what he admits is the thankless task of adjudicating marching disputes for some time to come.
Previous budget chairmen used to decree broad spending targets, then leave the thankless task of meting out the consequent cuts to the appropriations committee.
The latest politician to take over the thankless task of coalition-building is Bulent Ecevit, a veteran leftist leader, who was named temporary prime minister on December 2nd.
As long as rich-country governments insist on imposing an unenforceable prohibition on cocaine consumption, Andean governments will continue to be faced with the thankless task of trying to repress market forces.
With that superpower mentality, Nigerians have the image of being incredibly brash and loud and trying to get 129 million of them to pull in the same direction is a thankless task.
Playing the hero of an issues movie (and this one is dripping with issues) is usually a thankless task, but Slater gets better with every picture and carries this one with ease.
Making matters worse, the United Nations mission, which has the thankless task of trying to keep peace alive, is totally disoriented after the death on June 26th of its chief, Alioune Blondin Beye.
Having not particularly relished telling donors what they wanted to hear during the campaign, Romney has now taken his lumps in the thankless task of telling them what they want to hear afterward.
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Refereeing in Brazil is a thankless task.
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At Citi Holdings, Corbat had the thankless task of trying to stem the losses from billions of dollars in unsecured personal loans and other unwise investments while simultaneously trying to negotiate the best price possible for them in a sale.
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What policymakers and a majority of the U.S. electorate (60 percent in the latest polls) now know is that Iraq never should have been a country in the first place, so trying to make democracy work there is likely to be a thankless task.
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In many respects this is a great credit to the selectors in charge and I can say without hesitation, that while the role of a selector can be a thankless task, the Australian selectors have generally shown faith in their players and followed a very consistent selection process.
By arguing that the jihadists are acting on their own after being mysteriously inspired by no one, law enforcement officials and the media are relieved of the thankless task of investigating mosques, Muslim advocacy groups and Islamic centers, where the jihadist indoctrination is conducted on a daily basis.
Global Times endorses China's vote yesterday supporting a new UN resolution on sanctions, but reminds the outside world that Beijing is "caught in the middle" with its "thankless" task of mediation.
Just as getting our children to eat vegetables is only appreciated once we become grandparents, showing society that the threads holding it together are weakening is a thankless, but necessary, task of the media.
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Answering this is the thankless, and maybe impossible, task facing the delegates in Argentina.
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