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Sanchez, James Joseph – 1983
Public Law 480, whose original intent was to sell surplus foodstuffs to famine-stricken nations, evolved into a program of obtaining foreign language materials for libraries with the large quantities of soft currencies obtained through the food sales. The acquisition effort developed ambitious goals for systematic improvement of the quality of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Educational Economics, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
