1.  Additionally, longtime minor-league pitching coach Bill Slack, most recently assigned to the Danville Braves of the Appalachian rookie league, announced his retirement. . . .

2.  Humankind has always thought the invisible world vastly important but for centuries assigned most of it to spirits or gods.

3.  Most were assigned to futures brokerage houses, rather than grain merchants, according to the exchange, suggesting traders will liquidate their positions rather than accept the wheat.

4.  Women and minorities who make it that high earn less, and most are assigned high-visibility, low-power responsibilities like personnel or community relations.

5.  Fajardo said most would be assigned to engineering brigades to help in constructing bridges and buildings on the main southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

6.  Most will be assigned as sentries or to security details.

7.  Most are assigned noncombat duties, such as accounting, engineering, and nursing.

8.  The Cabinet includes a record five women, but most were assigned relatively junior portfolios, such as family affairs.