In the September 2002 memo, which was anonymously circulated to reporters at City Hall on Tuesday, the lawyer claimed that Mr. Miller told her that he was "aware that I am asking a lot of you to take on this assignment".
On Monday, it was announced that Mr. Petraeus would, on second thought, teach for just $1. "The general never was taking on this teaching assignment for the money," said Robert Barnett, his lawyer, who, along with CUNY, confirmed the salary change.
A pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, he is, like many (maybe all) artists, disdainful of people who buy art to match their sofas, but he is taking on this commercial assignment with high hopes — and for $35,000, at a time when that would buy you a couple of nice houses.
Briggs reluctantly takes on the assignment of training newcomer Mike Warren (Aaron Tveit, Les Misérabless"), an ambitious, quick-study FBI rookie.
"It was somebody else's idea," Mr. Laurie said, acknowledging that he was nervous about taking on the assignment.
He said that after taking on the assignment, members of the Knights of Columbus volunteered to clean up on weekends.
In the suit, Sunbeam said PricewaterhouseCoopers had violated its obligations to Sunbeam by taking on that assignment.
"I have full confidence in Sally Jewell's ability to take on this important assignment".
Chris is well equipped to take on this latest assignment.
