{"id":3599,"date":"2005-02-08T11:03:24","date_gmt":"2005-02-08T15:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/02\/08\/not-even-the-sparrow-stirs\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:00","slug":"not-even-the-sparrow-stirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/02\/08\/not-even-the-sparrow-stirs\/","title":{"rendered":"not even the sparrow stirs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“skatersignNF” <\/SPAN> <\/FONT><\/FONT>Rebecca Lilly<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A>, from <\/FONT>Shadwell Hills<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A> (Birch Prees Press, 2002)<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"tiny  A good result: <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>Ocala boys arrested for violent drawings to get counseling<\/FONT><\/A>. <\/EM>Per the<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Two boys accused of threatening a classmate by making violent drawings of stick figures will <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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