Wright assumed the role of the team's leader and was dubbed Captain America by his teammates.
But, as the country splintered, he assumed a role that belied his reputation as an extremist.
In Octavian's version, Cleopatra assumed the role of the "wild queen, " lusting after Rome and plotting its destruction.
It said he assumed the role of priest until early 2003 without the legally required Permission to Officiate.
It will be the first time a non-G-8 country has assumed the role.
The clinic's main contractor pulled out, so Planned Parenthood assumed this role itself.
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BradWeinertBrad Weinert, Novatel's chief operating officer, has assumed the role of acting CEO until a permanent one is found.
Mr. Calderon-Melendez and others launched Williamsburg Charter High School in 2004, and he assumed the role of the school's CEO.
It has assumed that role through its oversight of listed companies and the accounting requirements that it imposes upon them.
In the past he has assumed the role of chief cheerleader but he chose to point out that "more Europe" does not mean "more Brussels".
When a boy became an adult, he assumed the role of homosexual lover, even if married in order to breed future citizens.
Mr. Thornley, who assumed the role of CEO immediately, said Better Place will have a "relentless focus" on expanding customers and building partnerships.
Moussaoui has assumed a role as Greek chorus for his own trial, as he skewers Western culture with his own knowledge of it.
Sergeant Baitinger, a Rapid Response Instructor, recognized that he was the best qualified to handle the shield and lead the entry and assumed that role.
Johnson conceded the delay over appointing a new attack coach was "a bit frustrating" when he formally assumed his role as England team manager on Tuesday.
For example, the CEPS already exists in the majority of schools but has not assumed its role, for reasons of lack of organisation or lack of information.
In an unusual arrangement, Bush became CEO and President of Northrop Grumman while DreamWorks Animation head Lewis W. Coleman assumed the role of non-executive Chairman of the Board.
Set in the steampunk (or whale punk, as Harvey Smith once described it) world of Dunwall, gamers assumed the role of Corvo Attano, legendary bodyguard to the Empress.
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Alun Wyn Jones, who assumed the role of captain after coming on as a substitute for O'Connell in the second half, rounded off the match with a try in the final minute.
In the minutes before the final, inevitable, standing ovation, the Congressional audience listened to the president in almost complete silence as he assumed the role of disappointed parent looking over a bad end-of-term report.
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Extreme weather events have recently assumed a central role in the global warming discussion.
Yang, 40, assumed the CEO role at the board's request in June 2007, and he has led Yahoo!
When Wiig finally breaks free, she has a ball imitating the prissy condescension that Byrne assumed for the role.
Some nations the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, and the Netherlands assumed a military role, fighting the Taliban in the south and east of the country.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner -- whose government has sparred with Bergoglio in the past -- sent a letter congratulating him as he assumed his new role.
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Last year, Huffington moved to New York from Los Angeles, putting her closer to her college-age daughters, Isabella and Christina, as she assumed a larger role in AOL's editorial content.
The AMA tried again but failed to block Lyndon Johnson's creation of Medicare in 1965, but then assumed its usual role, joining other interest groups to help foil HillaryCare in 1993.
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