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Democrats are fighting the nomination as part of their thankless task of trying to block at least the worst of Mr. Bush's judicial appointments.

His mother (a clever remodelling of the thankless part of a fiancee) has had her fingerprints erased by years of domestic service and so cannot prove her identity to vote.

Mullin's previously published journals of the thankless life of a junior minister (covering 2000-2007) have justly been celebrated as masterpieces of the genre.

At the same time, however, France is tiring of the thankless task of stopping its former colonial subjects from killing each other.

But Ms. McCormack in particular brings a likably tough, funny texture to the often thankless job of mother of the pregnant bride.

[A7] REBUILDING IRAQ -- In an example of the thankless task of rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure, the Army Corps of Engineers has been rehabilitating a decrepit sewage-treatment plant in Baghdad in secrecy, fearing it could be a prime target for insurgents.

But on Tuesday the only dancer stepping out from the corps ranks was Justin Peck, who brought a patrician command to the thankless part of the Prince of Verona.

"The ACLU is doing the thankless job of defending the rights of people that have been deported, of immigrants," Mandvi said.

Mr. Hamilton, who is terrific at playing cads, here has the thankless task of being the blandest of good guys.

Combined with the thankless task of deleting one piece of junk mail after another, the result is a lot of time and effort spent coping with spam.

We may soon add IBM to the long, long list of companies exiting the thankless business of selling personal computers.