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Finally, returning to that earlier child who subsisted off of federally subsidized school meals and pizzeria leftovers: such federal school meal programs offered him a priceless hand-up that left a legacy on his future â- he ultimately grew up and became a nutritionist.
Eric Ding, Ph.D.: What Hunger Really Means In The U.S. Ph.D. Eric Ding 2011
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More importantly, public food assistance programs to ensure food security is more than a 'hand-down,' but rather a critical 'hand-up' in upward mobility -- a hand-up to better nutrition and greater societal economic benefits.
Eric Ding, Ph.D.: What Hunger Really Means In The U.S. Ph.D. Eric Ding 2011
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More importantly, public food assistance programs to ensure food security is more than a 'hand-down,' but rather a critical 'hand-up' in upward mobility -- a hand-up to better nutrition and greater societal economic benefits.
Eric Ding, Ph.D.: What Hunger Really Means In The U.S. Ph.D. Eric Ding 2011
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More importantly, public food assistance programs to ensure food security is more than a 'hand-down,' but rather a critical 'hand-up' in upward mobility -- a hand-up to better nutrition and greater societal economic benefits.
Eric Ding, Ph.D.: What Hunger Really Means In The U.S. Ph.D. Eric Ding 2011
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More importantly, public food assistance programs to ensure food security is more than a 'hand-down,' but rather a critical 'hand-up' in upward mobility -- a hand-up to better nutrition and greater societal economic benefits.
Eric Ding, Ph.D.: What Hunger Really Means In The U.S. Ph.D. Eric Ding 2011
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Finally, returning to that earlier child who subsisted off of federally subsidized school meals and pizzeria leftovers: such federal school meal programs offered him a priceless hand-up that left a legacy on his future –- he ultimately grew up and became a nutritionist.
Eric Ding, Ph.D.: What Hunger Really Means In The U.S. Ph.D. Eric Ding 2011
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Conservatives are in favor of a helping hand-up, while liberals want to give hand-outs.
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True Americans will always provide a hand-up to those in need.
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If people of color have historically been denied equal opportunity in business and/or education, some of us feel it is entirely proper to give them an extra hand-up to counter in some small way the institutional racism that hindered their opportunities in the first place.
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Finally, returning to that earlier child who subsisted off of federally subsidized school meals and pizzeria leftovers: such federal school meal programs offered him a priceless hand-up that left a legacy on his future –- he ultimately grew up and became a nutritionist.
Eric Ding, Ph.D.: What Hunger Really Means In The U.S. Ph.D. Eric Ding 2011
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