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Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes.
Christopher Lasch
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Christopher Lasch
Age: 61 †
Born: 1932
Born: June 1
Died: 1994
Died: February 14
Historian
Journalist
Social Critic
Sociologist
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Omaha
Nebraska
Robert Christopher Lasch
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