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Word: backrub (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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This was all I knew, and as I stalked down to Dillon last week, I was all set to tell Cleary not to be such a big baby over one mistake, to give us a break like he gave The Globe. I figured this approach, along with a backrub and a new Volare, would do the trick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cleary Has His Reasons | 11/8/1977 | See Source »

...pace you keep is almost, but not quite, lethargic. Your palms rest on his shoulders, his ankles, behind his knees; then his hands do the same at the junctures of your body. You begin to feel lighter and suppler, as if you have just had a backrub or a very hot bath. But you are never passive; the forces and concentration of your breathing calm your fears. Some moments your mind is at rest like a field in summer; other moments harsh memories lodge in the kinks of your muscles. How when you were eight, you made your mother...

Author: By Elizabeth R. Fishel, | Title: Another Clearance of the Evils of Winter | 2/24/1971 | See Source »

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