{"id":274202,"date":"2008-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newmusicbox.org\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2022-04-14T19:19:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T23:19:09","slug":"2008-national-medal-of-arts-awarded-to-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/nmbx\/2008-national-medal-of-arts-awarded-to-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 National Medal of Arts Awarded to Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"small\" width=\"191\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/nmbx\/assets\/1108\/images\/sherman_191x137.jpg\" width=\"191\" height=\"137\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><small>Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. 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