Ranulf nodded, pretending to be intrigued with the role of traitor he was being ordered to assume.

Carolyn twisted, trying to reach it without leaving the position she'd been ordered to assume.

Bypassing the standard hearing process, a state administrative law judge has ordered New Jersey to assume control of its largest school district.

The Communist forces were then ordered to assume a defensive posture for the next day, to prepare for a possible Nationalist counterattack that never materialized.

General Winfield Scott was ordered to Florida to assume command of all U.S. forces in the area.

Early the next year, he was ordered to assume co-command of Texas State Troops being sent to Arkansas.

Furthermore, the German attack plan had been discovered quite late, and Soviet troops were ordered to assume a total defensive stance only on 27 September 1941.

MDOT was later ordered to assume responsibility for construction, and the department completed the project on September 21, 2012.

Blamey was ordered to again assume personal command of New Guinea Force.

Scheller was ordered by his commanding general to assume the important task at the bridgehead.