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How Sargent Shriver created the Peace Corps

Sargent Shriver’s signature achievement was no sure thing. Peace Corps volunteer John Coyne on how Shriver worked the levers in a skeptical Washington to make a dream come true.

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Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern talked with his choice for vice president, R. Sargent Shriver, at McGovern's home in Washington, on Aug. 6, 1972. (AP Photo),

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