{"id":4209,"date":"2005-11-11T15:58:45","date_gmt":"2005-11-11T19:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/11\/11\/umbilical-attached\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:25","slug":"umbilical-attached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/11\/11\/umbilical-attached\/","title":{"rendered":"umbilical – attached"},"content":{"rendered":"

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