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In late 2003 he was drafted by the President to assist in the operations of the US-led occupation of Iraq

Unlike many other US awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom can be awarded to non-US citizens; the first such recipient was a Canadian spymaster, Sir William Stephenson. The medal can be awarded to an individual more than once (for example Colin Powell), and may also be awarded posthumously (for example John F. Kennedy himself).

A nearby camera "trained" to spring into action in such an event has done just that.

The $7.50-an-hour job has some perks: As an employee, Beltram gets to golf for free, a $45 savings every time he hits the links

Hampered by waiting periods and vesting schedules, Dustin had saved just $1,200 in a retirement account over ten years, and had to cash that in for an urgent car repair

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A nearby camera "trained" to spring into action in such an event has done just that.

How to understand "spring" here?

The $7.50-an-hour job has some perks: As an employee, Beltram gets to golf for free, a $45 savings every time he hits the links

Hit the links?

Hampered by waiting periods and vesting schedules, Dustin had saved just $1,200 in a retirement account over ten years, and had to cash that in for an urgent car repair.

vesting schedules?

Vesting
Vesting is the period over which an employee has the ability to realize rights. A stock is considered vested when the employee may leave the job, yet maintain ownership of the stock with no consequences.

Vesting schedules vary from company to company. For example, employees of one company might be vested in 33 percent of their options after each year with the firm, while employees of another company might be vested in 20 percent of their options after each of five years. In high-tech companies, the typical vesting schedule is a little more complicated. For example, an employee might be 25 percent vested after the first six months of employment, and then an additional 2 percent every month thereafter until all options are vested.

The patch of frontal lobe adjacent to her tumor is called Broca's area, named after the 19th-century French anatomist Paul Broca, one of the first scientists to offer definitive evidence that---while there is no single seat of thought---specific cognitive traits and functions are processed in localized regions of the brain.
National Geographic

"The grounds on which golf is played are called links, being the barren sandy soil from which the sea has retired in recent geological times. In their natural state links are covered with long, rank bent grass and gorse. Links are too barren for cultivation: but sheep, rabbits, geese and professionals pick up a precarious livelihood on them."

...My definition of links is the strip of land which links the sea with more fertile land, often set amongst dunes. The best terrain for golf is sand and that kind of land has minimal agricultural value -- which makes such places ideal."

While there is no mention of sheep, what this modern architect and Sir Walter Simpson both agree on is that "links" is coastal and flat.

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