According to Charles Peters, a major problem during the early years of the Peace Corps was that the director of the Peace Corps, Sargent Shriver, was

a. not hearing about problems at lower levels of the organization.
b. overly dominated by the Kennedy administration.
c. not given enough discretion by Congress to respond to specific crises in a flexible way.
d. too concerned with micromanaging policy rather than allowing lower level officials a certain amount of discretion.


a. not hearing about problems at lower levels of the organization.

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a. 30,000 b. 60,000 c. 100,000 d. 130,000

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The term diaspora refers to

a. the creation of state industries controlling energy, communications and banking. b. the domination of one political party over all others, resulting in absolute control. c. the dispersion of a group of people away from their homeland. d. a president maintaining power for over twenty years.

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About one-third of the Texas legislature is composed of

A. women. B. lawyers. C. Hispanics. D. blue-collar workers.

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Women support the average Democrat __________

a. about 15 percent less than do men b. 5 to 7 percent less than do men c. 5 to 7 percent more than do men d. about 15 percent more than do men

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