Paul Theroux - My record was so bad that I was first rejected by the Peace Corps as a poor risk and ...

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My record was so bad that I was first rejected by the Peace Corps as a poor risk and possible troublemaker and was accepted as a volunteer only after a great deal of explaining and arguing.

Paul Theroux

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Mein Rekord war so schlecht, dass ich vom Peace Corps zuerst als schlechtes Risiko und möglicher Störenfried abgelehnt wurde und erst nach vielen Erklärungen und Diskussionen als Freiwilliger akzeptiert wurde.

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