{"id":396,"date":"2005-05-07T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-07T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/05\/396.html"},"modified":"2005-05-07T11:22:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-07T11:22:00","slug":"396-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/05\/396-2\/","title":{"rendered":"VIVA LES BOULEZ!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/05\/06\/AR2005050601751.html\"><b>After 23 Years, Washington Is a Winner<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><b>Wizards Defeat Chicago in 1st Round Of the NBA Playoffs<\/b><br \/>At best, I am ambivilant about the NBA, I have been to all of three games in the 26+ years I have lived here. I am happy that D.C. has a(nother) winning team though. I am also happy to see <b>Abe Pollin<\/b> vindicated for not re-hiring <b>Michael Jordan<\/b>. 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