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EDC designs, implements, and evaluates programs to improve education, health, and economic opportunity worldwide. Collaborating with both public and private partners, we strive for a world where all people are empowered to live healthy, productive lives.
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The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried.
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