{"id":3759,"date":"2005-04-15T15:37:15","date_gmt":"2005-04-15T19:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/04\/15\/welcoming-the-dc-nats\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:48","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:48","slug":"welcoming-the-dc-nats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/04\/15\/welcoming-the-dc-nats\/","title":{"rendered":"welcoming the DC Nats"},"content":{"rendered":"

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than a game: opener mixes business, pleasure ,” <\/FONT><\/FONT>WashPost<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>, April<\/FONT> 15, 2005). <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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another generation<\/DIV>
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