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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Jason DeParle / The Bulletin
January 5, 2012
WASHINGTON — Benjamin Franklin did it. Henry Ford did it. And U.S. life is built on the faith that others can do it, too: rise from humble origins to economic heights. “Movin’ on up,” George Jefferson-style, is not only a sitcom song but a civil religion.
But many researchers have reached a....
