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.
Actually, the Peace Corps mission statement sums it up very well: To promote world peace and friendship by fulfilling three goals: To help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women. To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.