The Mesa group of investors was reported to have made a profit of $760 million $$ million today) when it assigned its Gulf shares to Chevron.
Given that Boeing has never made its own batteries, it assigned other crucial tests to its subcontractors, including GS Yuasa, the Japanese battery maker, and Thales, a French company that oversees the battery charging system.
Last June, it assigned to Belize its first round of information-technology volunteers.
Still, it assigned an internal committee to look at the Human Terrain System in more depth.
But his disciples loved the phrase, for it assigned to criticism a mortal mission.
When it assigned a book review to T. S. Eliot, she insisted on delivering the volume to him herself.
It assigned a negative outlook, signaling that the next move may be another downgrade, and cut its short-term ratings.
ABC, for instance, was pilloried by critics and in the ratings when it assigned Leonardo DiCaprio to interview President Bill Clinton on the environment.
By contrast, it assigned to the courts the duty of resolving all other election disputes, including those arising in presidential elections.
The ratings agency did not downgrade Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates or Abu Dhabi, but it assigned a negative outlook to each.
The order gave the Secret Service responsibility for drawing up the overall plan, and it assigned the Army the task of coordinating the military role.
