{"id":235,"date":"2004-09-05T00:49:28","date_gmt":"2004-09-04T19:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=235"},"modified":"2004-09-05T00:49:28","modified_gmt":"2004-09-04T19:49:28","slug":"sophies-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2004\/09\/05\/sophies-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie&#8217;s Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;is a commone phrase you will find in blogdom, in reference to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/09\/04\/international\/europe\/04russia.html?pagewanted=print&amp;position=\"><strong>Hostage Tragedy<\/strong><\/a> in Russia. 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