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Word: backcloth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...curiously, it has been largely ignored by social scientists in favor of other human attachments: the sexual union, the family, the group. "This may be a serious mistake," writes University of Leicester Psychologist Derek Wright, 43, in Britain's New Society magazine. "Friendship forms the unobtrusive backcloth on which we play out our professional, sexual and familial lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Price of Friendship | 6/8/1970 | See Source »

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