That way I can see my family while on assignment, and no one has to worry about working around holiday time.

这样的话我就可以在工作之余去看看我的家人，大家也不用担心在假期工作的问题了。

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Farrell,who has dual British-Irish citizenship, had been kidnapped once previously while on assignment in Iraq.

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Part of what happens in this particular piece is drawn, albeit very loosely, from a trip I made to the Chad-Sudan border in 2006, while on assignment for a magazine.

NEWYORKER: Dinaw Mengestu

My global education began in 2000, while travelling in Asia on assignment for an investment bank.

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