{"id":185,"date":"2004-07-26T15:31:58","date_gmt":"2004-07-26T10:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=185"},"modified":"2004-07-26T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2004-07-26T10:31:58","slug":"move-over-lovebug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2004\/07\/26\/move-over-lovebug\/","title":{"rendered":"Move over Lovebug\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyota.com\/\">Toyota <\/a><\/strong>that can feel is here. 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