(In an e-mail, Mr. Kurtz called his next assignment "an evolutionary step, not a revolutionary one, as I already do plenty of blogging").
A skier, pulled by the huskies, raced around the meadow for the cameras, and Melissa Kleiner, a reporter for Bloomberg Radio, unfolded a printout of her next assignment, taken from the daybook.
They go green, pressing the button that declares the ambulance available, and in a second – literally – their next assignment flashes up.
During the 2007-8 holiday season, Mr. Levinson, a foreign service officer then working at the United States Mission to the United Nations, had been mulling the personal implications of his next assignment: a year in Iraq, without her.
Davis was beginning to treat McClellan almost as a protégé, and his next assignment was to assess the logistical readiness of various railroads in the United States, once again with an eye toward planning for the transcontinental railroad.
There is a tension, too, between the inevitable and often showy victories and Rumpole's lot in life: that of the second-string hack, whiling away the afternoon with a crossword puzzle and a cigar, yearning for the next assignment, however minor.
Burnley lost 3-0 at Chelsea in their last fixture and their next assignment is a trip to Anfield, an opening run of games that feels like an act of malevolence.
Your next assignment to a new installation was usually a surprise, but your duty positions predictable.
By this summer, Mr. Muehlke will likely know his next assignment, and a return to Baghdad or a stint in Kabul is a real possibility.
The next assignment is a thirty-second commercial, followed by a screenwriting competition.
