On defense, Ogwumike had the chore of dealing with Moore, no enviable task once the momentum had turned.
Coach Chris Chavannes, who doubles as the school's vice principal, had the chore of keeping his team intact, even when it was unclear that the program and the school would continue.
In his first official at-bat as a college player, Todd Zeile of the U.C.L.A. Bruins had the chore of facing a wild, 6-foot-10 inch left-hander for the U.S.C.
And especially, he said, Johnson was "being very careful" to see to it that Senate Republicans had the chore of bringing down Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, whose unsubstantiated accusations of Communists in government plagued Washington at the time.
Another Tom McCarthy, this one the television play-by-play announcer for the Phillies, has had the chore of detailing Lidge's performances, including 31 successful saves and cringe-inducing ninth-inning meltdowns, like an April loss to the San Diego Padres (allowing a ninth-inning double, two walks and a home run) and a loss to the Florida Marlins (double, walk, single, single) on Sept. 23.
"I do wish in the years that I played against Michael I could have learned a little bit more from him, talked to him a little bit more out there," said Allan Houston, who once had the chore of guarding Jordan, a task that will fall to Latrell Sprewell and Shandon Anderson on Tuesday.
Whoever has the sweeping chore for the week always has quite a job to look forward to after dinner.
Google Commerce, meanwhile, has the perennial chore of trying to gain ground versus a vareity of well-established payments competitors ranging from PayPal on the web to Apple's iTunes and Amazon on mobile.
If that happens, Roger Clemens will have the colossal chore of righting the Yankees tomorrow in what may be his final start at Fenway.
However, the first time you sign on, you do have the annoying chore of giving the java applet permission to run.
