the Peace Corps
noun
: a U.S. organization that trains and sends people who work without pay to help poor people in other countries
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In 1961, John F. Kennedy appointed his brother-in-law, R. Sargent Shriver, as the director of the Peace Corps.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
Patrick was from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and had moved to New York after a stint in the Peace Corps teaching English in Saudi Arabia, Japan, and South Korea.
—The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Milton Shapp of Pennsylvania; Senators Birch Bayh of Indiana, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Henry M. Jackson of Washington; Representative Morris K. Udall of Arizona; and R. Sargent Shriver, the founding director of the Peace Corps.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The United States has announced the opening of embassies in Kiribati, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu; the reopening of a USAID mission in Fiji; and the return of the Peace Corps to the region.
—Charles Edel, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
Patrick was from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and had moved to New York after a stint in the Peace Corps teaching English in Saudi Arabia, Japan, and South Korea.
—The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Milton Shapp of Pennsylvania; Senators Birch Bayh of Indiana, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Henry M. Jackson of Washington; Representative Morris K. Udall of Arizona; and R. Sargent Shriver, the founding director of the Peace Corps.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The United States has announced the opening of embassies in Kiribati, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu; the reopening of a USAID mission in Fiji; and the return of the Peace Corps to the region.
—Charles Edel, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
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“The Peace Corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Peace%20Corps. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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