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Published January 12, 2010, 09:45 AM

Lawmaker wants to banish negative language

SEATTLE — Decades ago, poor children became known as "disadvantaged" to soften the stigma of poverty. Then they were "at-risk." Now, a Washington lawmaker wants to replace those euphemisms with a new one, "at hope."

By: Donna Gordon Blankinship, Associated Press, Worthington Daily Globe

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