Sanford was used to such unconventional assignments: Appointed minister to Belgium by Lincoln, he also served, unofficially, as head of American secret service operations in Europe, running spies, fostering propaganda and planning covert activities.
The unconventional assignments are an expression of the generational changes in news coverage, especially in TV, where the jobs of camera operators, sound technicians and producers have, in many cases, been subsumed into one do-it-all position.
To cultivate this understanding, I decided to give my students an unconventional writing assignment: a translation from English to English, from one style to another.
So when the Red Sox allowed their closer, Ugueth Urbina, to sign with Texas over the winter, and expressed a willingness to try unconventional bullpen assignments — they had a capable committee of relievers who would adapt on the fly — it was not hard to detect James's influence at work.
AP 50 is not just about playing with mouse traps and bouncy balls, of course, but even the paper-based assignments are unconventional.
Bold leaders speak up in difficult conversations, take risks, volunteer for assignments and often think in unconventional ways.
The title is a pangram of the assignment description from the syllabus: we were supposed to create "an (ideally unconventional) example of ludic verbal art," so that is what I titled my piece, in a way.
Possible assignments will include projects with drawing, printmaking, fiber, cell phone video, installation, unconventional or recycled materials and collaboration.
Unconventional forces require unconventional tactics.
