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.
By this time, because of Kennedyâs Executive order and Shriver's leadership, Peace Corps volunteers were already in the field. For more information, visit the National Archivesâ Digital Classroom Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan: Founding Documents of the Peace Corps and the Peace Corps web site.
peace corps. (JFK) , volunteers who help third world nations and prevent the spread of communism by getting rid of poverty, Africa, Asia, and Latin America; an agency established in 1961 to provide volunteer assistance to developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.iet Cong. guerrilla force that, with the support of the North Vietnamese Army, fought against South Vietnam (late 1950s-1975) and the United States (early 1960s-1973); a Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.