{"id":3731,"date":"2005-04-03T15:39:29","date_gmt":"2005-04-03T19:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/04\/03\/something-blooming\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:50","slug":"something-blooming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/04\/03\/something-blooming\/","title":{"rendered":"something blooming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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