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October 19, 1992
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a reporter at large
THE VELVET PURGE: THE TRIALS OF JAN KAVAN
Lawrence Weschler
A REPORTER AT LARGE about Jan Kavan, a Czech dissident, who was accused of collaborating with the Czech secret police or StB, and was "lustrated" or purged…