Today its most common usage is in the workplace where it refers to such things as flexi-time, variable hours and extended periods of leave.

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Other shooting modes for capturing action include high-speed digital still recording at up to 60fps and variable speed time-lapse recording.

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By 2010, Suber was working only part-time at PFS selling insurance, variable annuities and mutual funds.

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The Pension Protection Act of 2006 for the first time may allow insurers to combine long-term care policies with individual variable annuities.

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Unlike the fixed interest associated with savings accounts, credit card interest is variable and can change--mostly higher--at any time.

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