{"id":816,"date":"2006-02-08T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-08T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=816"},"modified":"2006-02-08T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-08T18:57:00","slug":"a-tree-grows-in-uh-the-bronx-but-hardly-in-ideal-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2006\/02\/08\/a-tree-grows-in-uh-the-bronx-but-hardly-in-ideal-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"A tree grows in &#8230;uh, the Bronx. 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