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When I was an undergraduate, his books were in every dorm room<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was an undergraduate, his books were in every dorm room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-c1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5833,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5833","url_meta":{"origin":745,"position":0},"title":"Circles and Rectangles: Does Your House Shape You?","author":"Chas S. 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