Four months ago, we published a buyers guide for small, lightweight laptops titled, 'How to buy a mini-laptop.'. Mini-laptops are now generally called netbooks -- a name coined by Intel -- but the devices remain popular for their small size, half to two-thirds the size of a normal laptop and far lighter.
On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy signed this executive order establishing the Peace Corps. On September 22, 1961, Congress approved the legislation that formally authorized the Peace Corps.
Sec. 2501-1. Independent agency status of Peace Corps Effective on December 29, 1981, the Peace Corps shall be an independentagency within the executive branch and shall not be an agency within the ACTIONAgency, the successor to the ACTION Agency, or any other department or agencyof the United States.