By the time the first assignment came, she was keen for any break at all.

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Do you have to buy a ticket in order to get on the short list the next time a portfolio assignment comes up?

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Although there is no magic answer, let me suggest one basic guideline: Whether you are commissioning or receiving the work, spend extra time shaping an assignment at the beginning.

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For example, I was horrified to find out that there is something called Jupiter grades out there, where a parent is notified on a daily, sometimes hourly basis every time their child has an assignment due, or does not turn something in on time.

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His assignment at the time was to look for new business opportunities for toilet cleaning products.

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It may be necessary to exercise unusual patience and spend extra time walking recent graduates through an assignment and nurturing their capacity to motivate themselves.

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Even if White never accepts his D-League assignment, there is still time for the current rookies to break the record.

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Always a phrase or two about the pointlessness of the assignment in relation to the use of time and to things he might otherwise be doing: e.g.

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Jonathon Niese (13-9, 3.40 ERA) gets the opening day assignment in place of the two-time Cy Young Award winner, who pitched the first no-hitter in franchise history last year but then collapsed after June.

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Ian Parry Scholarship International photographic competition for young photographers, who are either attending a full-time photographic course or are under 24, towards their chosen assignment.

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