{"id":4057,"date":"2005-09-05T14:46:46","date_gmt":"2005-09-05T18:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/09\/05\/no-tractor-sound\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:26","slug":"no-tractor-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/09\/05\/no-tractor-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"no tractor sound"},"content":{"rendered":"

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