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Peace Corps
noun
- a civilian organization, sponsored by the U.S. government, that sends volunteers to instruct citizens of underdeveloped countries in the execution of industrial, agricultural, educational, and health programs.
Peace Corps
noun
- an agency of the US government that sends American volunteers to developing countries, where they work on educational and other projects: established in 1961
Peace Corps
- An agency of the United States government that sends American volunteers to developing nations to help improve living standards and provide training. Created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, under the auspices of the Department of State , the Peace Corps provides an opportunity to share American wealth, technology, and expertise. During the cold war it also served as a means for spreading American influence and values in the hope of preventing developing nations from allying themselves with the Soviet Union .
Example Sentences
There were photos of a baby-faced Sanders on his first day on the job, fresh from stints working for the Peace Corps and for lawyers representing fishermen affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her to the Peace Corps advisory council, and she became a California Democratic Party stalwart.
He’s like Clark Kent with peach fuzz: tall, slender, soft-spoken, favoring khakis and long-sleeved shirts and more earnest than a Peace Corps volunteer.
As a young man, the Denver native lived for six months with the Shipibo-Conibo people of the Peruvian Amazon and worked as a Peace Corps doctor in Brazil.
Kennedy said both presidents understood that America made a better mark in the world when it projected its power not through force but through moral leadership, economic initiatives and programs like the Peace Corps.
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