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Word: montalvania (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Montalvania, Brazil, David Knoll, 20, of Chatham Center, N.Y., lives in a hovel about the size of a U.S. bath room. Yet he has changed the whole economy of the village by persuading the peasants to pool their oxen in a farm cooperative. To Knoll, the experience has been inspiring. "After I leave the corps, I want to do more with direct contact between people and the U.S. We've got to get down into the soil with these people. White shirts and cocktail parties aren't going to swerve them away from Communism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Peace Corps: It Is Almost As Good As Its Intentions | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

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