{"id":4066,"date":"2005-09-08T17:49:20","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T21:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/09\/08\/a-blue-day-under-a-blue-sky\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:26","slug":"a-blue-day-under-a-blue-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/09\/08\/a-blue-day-under-a-blue-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"a blue day under a blue sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

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