| Practically the entire spadework for the organization had already been done within the sanctums of the U.S. Treasury Department. |
| Her ideas on various projects were widely borrowed, but due credit was not given for all the spadework she unstintingly put in. |
| It may well turn out to be a stinker anyway, but at least its leading actor has put in a bit of spadework. |
| It does all the spadework created by the dealing of shares, and very little else. |
| Why not let the other side do all the hard political spadework of introducing new taxes and then spend the revenue when it's your turn in office? |
| Today has been spent partly at work but partly doing some spadework on health policies. |
