{"id":3829,"date":"2005-05-07T14:15:03","date_gmt":"2005-05-07T18:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/05\/07\/sleepless-and-selfless\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:44","slug":"sleepless-and-selfless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/07\/sleepless-and-selfless\/","title":{"rendered":"sleepless and selfless"},"content":{"rendered":"

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not dead roses<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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from  <\/FONT>dagosan<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>: <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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driving home for<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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