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December 31, 1990

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CHRONICLING THE CHAOS

John Newhouse

PROFILE of Vitaly Korotich, editor of a Soviet weekly magazine called "Ogonyok". In just 4 1/2 turbulent years under Korotich "Ogonyok's" circulation …