The IRS generally is in the unenviable position of simply trying to enforce very bad laws.
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He faced the unenviable task of starting his life over at the age of 35.
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Capt Easson was confronted with "an unenviable emergency at a critical stage of his flight".
Greece has the unenviable task of reducing its debt down to a sustainable level.
Ivory has pulled off the unenviable task of bringing Lawrence's stream of consciousness to life.
The mediator, Hans-Jochen Vogel, a former chairman of Germany's ruling Social Democrats, had an unenviable task.
Boards will have the unenviable task of balancing management's inflated expectations with what investors think is fair.
The goalless defeat further extends Greece's unenviable record of never having scored at the World Cup finals.
And Europe's housing markets are caught in an unenviable trap because so many households have variable-rate mortgages.
The trial judge in this case had a truly unenviable task before him as he pondered his decision.
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As Ms. Alaghebandian notes, the IRS is in the unenviable position of trying to enforce Byzantine tax laws.
"I think missing persons are seen as an unenviable chore, " he said, because many cases are never solved.
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And in Egypt, after embracing "democracy" over its ally Mubarak, the US is faced with another unenviable choice.
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Mount Cermis has an unenviable reputation as the site of a number of serious accidents, our correspondent adds.
Deservedly reaping what it sowed, the administration finds itself in an unenviable position.
Pitt's character has the unenviable job of tying up disparate storylines, but if anyone can do it, it's him.
Yet, what they find is an unenviable combination of exhaustion and humiliation.
Mr. Bush is in the unenviable position of having to address questions and concerns before he is ready to act.
In short, Cyprus's new head of state will face an unenviable task - even if it is not mission impossible.
Paul Volcker's Economic Recovery Advisory Board has been given the unenviable but worthy task of simplifying our ridiculous tax code.
An unenviable task, then, for the American diplomats who face the task of arguing back in defence of old-fashioned libertarianism.
The unenviable job of implementing the measures has been handed to Luis Vasquez, the justice minister, who wrote many of them.
Most managers and leaders have, on a regular basis, the unenviable task of trying to get other people to adopt particular goals.
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Tendai Biti, a fiery human-rights lawyer and the reputed brains behind the MDC, has been given the unenviable post of finance minister.
Among those who had the unenviable task of dealing with the deleterious consequences of this sort of security malpractice was Notra Trulock .
The General has thus assumed the unenviable task of persuading at least eighteen U.S. Senators that they erred in voting against this treaty.
Some employees have even had the unenviable task of having to document their roles in detail, just so their jobs can be eliminated.
Dunaway, known for her sunny demeanor, had the unenviable task of serving as an apologist for the casual gaming-oriented Wii console to hard-core gamers.
The controversial proposals about the future of schools, which Ruth Kelly has the unenviable task of steering through the Commons, are also under scrutiny tonight.
One venerable MMF, the Reserve Primary Fund, was in 2008 in the unenviable position of having bet unwisely on the solvency of Lehman Brothers.
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