{"id":1964,"date":"2017-03-15T22:27:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desdemona.org\/blog\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2017-06-23T01:44:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T01:44:21","slug":"smart-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desdemona.org\/blog\/smart-people\/","title":{"rendered":"SMART PEOPLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>by\u00a0Lydia Diamond<br \/>\nLong Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1964 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desdemona.org\/blog\/smart-people\/smartpeople148\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desdemona.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SmartPeople148-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2150\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2150'>\n\t\t\t\tphoto by T. 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