That strengthens the argument for providing a menu of programmes rather than a fixed schedule.

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Many countries, America included, have designed student debt primarily as a mortgage-like obligation: it is repaid to a fixed schedule.

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However, there are more ways to rebalance than just buying and selling out of the funds in your portfolio on a fixed schedule.

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Instead the coins are created on a fixed schedule.

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The two firms are rushing their rollouts "because they hope the government will award them the service areas of companies that cannot comply with the fixed-line schedule, " says businessman Edgardo Reyes, whose company, Belltel, failed to win a franchise.

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With the White House and Congress pressuring NASA to reduce space station costs and construction delays, the agency felt compelled to adhere to a fixed shuttle flight schedule for station missions, which would affect non-station missions as well, the report said.

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The production schedule is fixed for November 2013 release date.

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There is no set schedule, no fixed hours and, thus, no hourly pay.

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