The biggest banks are overseen from the top down by the Federal Reserve, which sends full-time examiners to monitor them on site and also imposes strict rules about things like use of leverage, or borrowed money.
Quietly, as the United States presidential election and its aftermath have dominated the news, America's three broadcast network news divisions have stopped sending full-time correspondents to Iraq.
His campaign got off to an early start, sending full-time staff members here in early December and running commercials for several weeks this year.
Six months ago, Lance Corporal Robertson arrived in Afghanistan with 39 other female Marines from Camp Pendleton, Calif., as part of an unusual experiment of the American military: sending full-time "female engagement teams" out with all-male infantry patrols in Helmand Province to try to win over the rural Afghan women who are culturally off limits to outside men.
We can't even afford time to send full details by wireless.
A total of 702 emails were exchanged during the three weeks of block teaching, of which 250 emails (35.6%) were sent by full-time students and 452 (64.4%) were sent by part-time (CEP) students.
Last week Duncan Smith told the Mail (again) that those who make benefits their "lifestyle choice" face a crackdown with "no hiding place", to be sent to "full-time mandatory attendance centres" to spend 35 hours a week applying for jobs.
Solyndra shut its doors and sent 1,100 full-time and temporary employees home on Aug. 31.
Four months ago, with little fanfare, the State Department sent a full-time senior diplomat, Alan Misenheimer, to live in Iraq's disputed oil-rich city Kirkuk.
Perhaps most significant, it has sent more full-time coaches on the road with small groups of young professionals who might otherwise lack the means to hire such experts at a critical phase in their careers.
In an email sent to full-time employee earlier this month, Richard Baum, the acting director of the office, said the administration's proposal for the fiscal year that begins in October would reflect "a nearly 95percentt" cut in the agency's budget.
