{"id":3696,"date":"2005-03-20T01:19:34","date_gmt":"2005-03-20T05:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/03\/20\/coaxed-to-the-dance-floor\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:52","slug":"coaxed-to-the-dance-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/20\/coaxed-to-the-dance-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"coaxed to the dance floor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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