People of my caliber dont do nice things.. Beyond, the neon shrikes of the Thunderbird stir beneath the moon, and, south of the city limits, the Sahara tower looms ablaze. His legend beguiled the legendary. The waiter comes over to me and says, Mr. The government's case collapsed after their main witness, Daniel Seifert, was murdered in September 1974 and the defendants were either acquitted or dropped from the indictment. Arvey is a city boss. In Los Angeles in 1941the year he counseled Bioff at the Ambassador Hotelhe had met a former model, dancer, and ice-skater named Bernice Stewart. Korshak lost the case. Through his stepfather, Allen met Hoffa and Local 337's president, Owen Bert Brennan. Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. Allen Dorfman was born in Detroit and raised by his Step Father Paul "Red" Dorfman in Chicago. This serendipity serves as an orchestral stirring as distinct as any I might devise for this tale, which reveals itself only in luminous flashes. He is our man. Beads, real jewelry. Everyone knows him. After being apprehended, he had pleaded guilty but refused to talk, and was sentenced in 1942 to eight years. Bespectacled, with a deep-dimpled chin, a receding hairline, and a not unpleasant grin, Gioe introduced Bioff to another relatively young man with a not unpleasant grin. Thirteen days later, a directive from Hoover declared war against the gangsters. You leave my wife out of this, Korshak said. Tom Courtney, his endorser, was a states attorney whose reign on the West Side was maintained in close cahoots with Guzik and other underworld figures. When he tells you something, he knows what hes talking about. Spiegels attorney maintained that the would-be bride netted under a grand, but the coverage that came with it was priceless for the actress. But the people behind him are not meek and they are not harmless. Ruby's expulsion as head of the Waste Materials Handlers Union effectively pa He was a close associate of longtime IBT President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with organized crime via the Chicago Outfit. Vegas. Mafia. In any case, they were there before Guzik and were roughly Guziks age. When Korshak was mentioned in an Associated Press dispatch from Hollywood in the summer of 1952, it was as an innocent. . It is likely that Dorfman served as a liaison between Al Capone's Chicago Outfit and key Chicago politicians and administrators. Alex Greenberg was hit in 1956. Allen Melnick Dorfman[2] (January 6, 1923 January 20, 1983) was an American insurance agency owner and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Central States Pension Fund. Throughout the 30s and 40s, whatever notoriety befell Sidney Korshak was local, confined to a Chicago public that seemed to either shrug for-bearingly or smile understandingly. The verdict for Rosselli and his friends came down a few days after Christmas of 1943, and in April of 1944 they were sent to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. She had a black eye and was bruised all over her body. : Andy Stone was based on Allen Dorfman. He was a robust, tall good dresser. To learn more about how we use and protect your data, please see our privacy policy. In 1939 Paul took reigns over the Waste Handlers Material Union, Local 20467 of the "AFL" American Federation of Labor. Theyre not QAnon. Many of these loans were real estate loans to associates of high-ranking Teamster leaders or to organized crime-connected casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada.[9]. If you would like to view one of these trees in its entirety, you can contact the owner of the tree to request permission to see the tree. In Hollywood, the man who kept an eye on her for Zwillman was Johnny Rosselli, a Capone man before he joined forces with Jack Dragna, L.A.s pre-eminent criminal presence. 'UK government cannot achieve the air quality improvements advised by medical experts, so has set its targets lower for the next 10 years, the environment secretary has admitted as she unveiled a new environmental plan.'. [11] He was again investigated in 1973 on similar charges, related to payoffs given to have the Teamsters represent agricultural workers in California, in place of the United Farm Workers Union. Korshak visited him there in 1940. The Riviera was clandestinely controlled by a consortium. In the real and far more incredible world of Sidney Korshak and his associates, things are more complex. I am going to spend Christmas at Palm Springs, Cal., and New Years Day in Mexico with Miss Appleby, said the lawyer. The Englishing of a Latin rendering of a Greek word, ultimately from ainos, Ionic and poetical, for fable.. He was at the ball games all the time. Sidney Korshak, the guy in the car that is the shimmer with which we began, was a son of that diaspora, and of that embrace. Jimmy Celano had a private office in which he had a bar and a sofa and a desk and a couple of easy chairs and a safe and so forth. It was obvious, he said, that he was the lawyer for the guys in Chicago.. Korshak not only prevented the strike but had the parking concession awarded by OMalley to a new outfit, Affiliated Parking, connected with a different Teamsters local. I spent most of my time in the powder room, she told me. By then Bluhdorn was involved with the infamous Sicilian financier Michele Sindona, who would die in prison under mysterious circumstances. He was referring to James R. Hoffa, the former teamster president who disappeared in July 1975, and is generally presumed to have been murdered; Mr. Dorfman, who, like his stepfather, Paul (Red . But the compound was also a stronghold with a secret walk-in vault and a sophisticated and elaborate security system. We didnt look at any political guys if we wanted to stay in the unit., In Guziks era, Gladden said, everybody made money and nobody went to jail. This encompasses an area of Chicago called Douglas Park. However, he was better known because of the ill-repute of his stepfather Paul "Red" Dorfman. Shannon Murchison was in her 40's when she died in recent years. Producer Robert Evans was a regular at Korshaks parties. In 1956, when Guzik died, Alexaccording to Roemertook over the responsibility for Korshak in the Mob. Roemer said that after Humphreys died in 1965 Alex became the top connection guy right into the 90s, until he was convicted and went away to prison. (Alex, now 80, a man with a long history of mental breakdowns, is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2006. for at-a-glance information about availability. In 1953 a special investigatory committee established by the United States House of Representatives began inquiries into Hoffa's placement of Central States Health and Welfare Fund's moneys with Dorfman's agency. Very, very, very close. Frank Nittis reaction to the indictments came six hours after they were handed down. Paul "Red" Dorfman was affiliated with the Waste Materials Handlers Union in Chicago in the late 1930s and 1940s. He was from Chicago, a racketeers mobster, involved with the Waste Handler's Union. It was with a splash of glamour that Chicago at large came to know him. Colosimo was murdered in the spring of 1920 at the age of 43, following his divorce from Victoria and remarriage to one of his caf singers. Korshaks engagement to Appleby was still in the news in Chicago as 1935 neared its end. I know she was on psychiatric drugs. Indeed, it has long been believed that the character of the consigliere played by Robert Duvall in The Godfatherthe lawyer who had that horses head put in the producers bedwas based on Korshak. 1 as Bugsy readied the Flamingo that December. The father of Teamsters Union insurer, Allen Dorfman, Red was also close to Chicago hoodlum Antonio "Tony Accardo. If youd known him, youd have liked him, Bacon told me. Inventing Ivana Trump: Her Improbable Rise and Tragic Death. Our first public glimpse of Sidney Korshak, in May of 1931, is in a report of his arrest, with his brother Ted, following an early-morning brawl at a nightclub called the Show Boat, at Clark and Lake Streets in the Loop. As it was in Vegas, so it was in Hollywood. At dusk the big jagged petals of the Tropicanas monstrous tulip-shaped fountain light the sky with neon flashes of rose and aqua. Their 10-year terms were cut to a third, thanks to Korshak, who brought about their parole, in August 1947, with a letter written for him by the Illinois state superintendent of crime prevention, his former partner Harry Ash. (I didnt enjoy it at all was Turners less told side of the story.). I have been writing on Wikipedia for years and have begun to writeebooks. The suit, handled by Korshak, was settled out of court in September. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. Their offices were located at 100 North LaSalle, which was also the address of the First Ward Democratic headquarters, the front for the Mobs connection guysGuzik, Humphreys, Alexand the political figureheads in their grasp. Here's another request for a photo: The late Shannon Murchison from Dallas, Clint III's ex wife. Short and pudgy with sunken, bulging eyes, Guzik was violent neither in word nor in deed. (Dalitz, who once listed his religion as preferably Jewish, was a founding member of the latter.) And Im still here.. Actually, she said, Sidney was an enigma., Enigma. In 1980, when columnists wrote about Korshaks attendance at Frank Sinatras birthday party, it was later reported that Korshaks name was not supposed to have appeared on the version of the guest list supplied to the media by Sinatras public-relations retainers. Their wine cellar was considered one of the finest in Los Angeles. These cookies help us understand user behavior within our services. Paul "Red" Dorfman was affiliated with the Waste Materials Handlers Union in Chicago in the late 1930s and 1940s. So I had lunch with him a couple of times, and we talked about Siegels murder. We wonder if he referred to the friend of Stevensons friend whom he had met professionally. He acted as "muscle" for mobsters Fifi Buccieri and Ralph Pierce and rubbed elbows with bosses Frank Nitti and Paul Ricca. These cookies allow you to explore OverDrive services and use our core features. Through those years, Jake Guzik was his closest ally. The Korshak home, where Sidney and his brothers grew up, was at 3112 Douglas Park Boulevard, in a preferred part of the neighborhood. One became the fearsome head of Columbia Pictures, the other the fearsome renegade of Hollywood crime. Glaser worked briefly as an MCA agent in the early 30s, and when he later incorporated his own agency, the Associated Booking Corporation, in 1940, it was with a loan from Jules Stein. The next day, at his home in Beverly Hills, Sidney Korshaks heart went dead. These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. Twentieth-century organized crime in America was a primarily Jewish-Italian coalition that shared the sensibilities but lacked the ethnic purity of the true Sicilian Mafia. Roemer called the bureau in Washington and told his supervisor where and with whom Bernice Korshak could be found that evening. I was told by a person who was at a meeting with hima good, credible guy, a fringe Mob guy in L.A.that Wasserman slammed his fist down on the table and said, I want Moldea destroyed. He didnt want me killed or anything like that. As a result of information obtained from the wiretaps, a federal grand jury in Chicago indicted Dorfman and four others in May 1981. Senator Kefauver paid a chilly little social call on Stevenson last week. [9], In 1959 the McClellan Committee, a United States Senate group investigating potential crimes and improprieties in the US labor movement, inquired again over the allegedly excessive fees paid by the Teamsters Central States Health and Welfare Fund to Dorfman's company. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. Especially in Hollywood. . Hoffa, who keeps a battery of 150 legal experts, including Edward Bennett Williams, is well aware that the man who has claimed his quarters is a lawyer of a different kind. It was also a work of wizardry, resulting in the everlasting awe and esteem of the underworld for Sidney R. Korshak, attorney-at-law. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. The investigation that ensued was a charade: halfhearted, short-lived, and inconclusive. Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group. So where does the fable of Sidney Korshak end? . They were married in the Korshaks Chicago apartment, at 2970 Lake Shore Drive, on September 1, 1959. control file kept on Korshak: No. Sidney, said the friend, was just a bastard who asked his mistresses to family parties. Capone was sentenced to 11 years on October 24, 1931, five days after Korshaks first known clients were sentenced. At night there are few whom the city cannot bring to awe. The marriage soon ended in divorce, but the couple remarried in 1969. Ruby's expulsion as head of the Waste Materials Handlers Union effectively paved the way for Dorfman's rise in the union. [4] He attended Marshall High School in Chicago. How much of a piece of Stevenson does he own, and, by extension, how much of a piece of the candidate does Korshak own? Sorry, the quality is not that great. The locals had lost their autonomy, and union members who dared to protest ended up out of work and often beaten up. Sidney Roy Korshak was born on June 6, 1907. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. . I was a singer, he was a lawyer, thats the way it was. Martin, at the time, was traveling with Tom Geruns orchestra. Callers in person also took security measures. Velie tried to interview Jake Guzik, whom he found in the company of Gus Alex. The UK-China plan for new nuclear build in England defy the evolving reality of 21st century power networks, writes Paul Dorfman. In January 1950, following a narcotics bust by a lieutenant of the Illinois state attorneys office, he was sentenced to a year in the House of Correction. To learn more about cookies, please see our cookie policy. The two fund accounts made up 90% of the branch company's contracts. It was in Kupcinets Sun-Times Kups Column that the Korshak-engineered takeover of RKO from Howard Hughes was revealed in September 1952. I also found a document where Paul "Red" Dorfman related to them that Irv Kupcinet called him in Palm Springs after Oswald was shot. In 1949, Red Dorfman was one of only This information helps us design a better experience for all users. Anyway, Jewish people are subject to high blood pressure and diabetes., By way of self-explanation, he reflected, I was just an uncouth person, a low-type sort of man. In other words, after we established the Chicago program in 1957, Korshak was the 789th file that we opened under that program. It invoked the myth and mystery of the man believed to have represented Mafia law west of Chicago, the man believed to have controlled the inner workings of Hollywood, Las Vegas, and God only knows what else. In the summer of 1938, when the Chicago Daily Times reported that an argument about $150 had developed into a fistfight between Korshak and a bailiff outside police headquarters on South State Street, the attorney was described as reportedly still engaged to movie actress Dorothy Appleby. After that, there is no further mention of her in the life of Sidney Korshak. But to my knowledge, Roemer said, we never went out and conducted any real investigation on Korshak. The reason was that we just never investigated lawyers in those days. The bureau, of course, was itself made up predominantly of lawyers. Imagine a shimmering web of complexities dissolving ultimately into darkness. Sidney was there, and I remember Natalie Wood was there. According to FBI files, Red agreed to introduce Hoffa to mob figures in exchange for Allen's entry into the Teamsters' insurance business. This one was the size of a pineapple, and it was hard to conceal. In the fall of 1957, when the New York state police busted a conclave of 70 Mob leaders who had converged for a national conference at the country home of the Sicilian-born president of the Canada Dry Bottling Company, the ensuing headlines rendered Hoovers position untenable. And then he moved out here, and my friends were his. He mentioned several names, among them Harry Karl, the late shoe king, and David Janssen, the late actor. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! The word godfather had never been used in a Mafia sense, Puzo said. He was alleged to be a narcotic addict and somewhat of a confidence man. Ruby's expulsion as head of the Waste Materials Handlers Union effectively paved the way for Dorfman's rise in the union. Three days before his sentencing, scheduled for January 23, 1983, Allen Dorfman was murdered in the parking lot outside the Lincolnwood Hyatt in Lincolnwood, Illinois. Curtis Yarvin and the rising right are crafting a different strain of conservative politics. I walked up to him and took a couple of pictures. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all Ancestry subscribers.These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. Visiting Korshak at his plush offices on North LaSalle, Velie had noted frequent telephone calls from intriguing characters, including Jake Arveys connection man, Artie Elrod; Joe Grabiner, identified as Chicagos biggest layoff bookie; and Tom Courtneys cohort police captain Tubbo Gilbert, described as the richest policeman in the world.. Thank you. Even in Beverly Hills terms, it seemed inconceivable that Korshak had not left behind wealth untold. The friend interpreted this as proof that Korshak was not owned by the Mob. A perceptive and informed observation, but one that also brings up the possibility that Korshak, as many suspected, was not among the owned, but the ownersa man above the rules of decorum. Dorfman's step-father Paul "Red" Dorfman was a long time Teamster's official with ties to the Chicago Outfit. I really have no interest in contributing anything, he said, in a manner that seemed not cold but sadly sincere. In one instance, Allen took $51,462 in premiums and simply deposited it in a special account that he maintained with his mother, with no complaints from the Teamsters. Please try again. Built Miami-style with Miami money, the hotel is the first Strip high-rise, nine stories of coral-colored concrete that went up six years before, in 1955, the year that James R. Hoffa, vice president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, consolidated scores of small pension funds in 22 states into the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund. The bandleaders Ole Buttermilk Sky was No. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. I hope you understand the position Im in.. There was anxiety. Between 1959 and 1969, the Central States Pension Fund Plan loans had gone unpaid. Ziffren moved to Los Angeles in 1946, becoming a partner in Swartz, Tannenbaum & Ziffren, then, with his brother, establishing his own firm, Ziffren & Ziffren, in 1950. Chicagos stranglehold on Hollywood seemed invincible. and killed assassin Lee Harvey Handlers Union 20467 was taken Oswald in the cellar of the Dallas' . Hed help anybody. The thought had never occurred to me. And thus the Times of Los Angeles: SIDNEY KORSHAK, ALLEGED MAFIA LIAISON TO HOLLYWOOD, DIES AT 88. In the car is Sidney Korshak. During the commissions inquiry, the counsel for Hilton asked Korshak to supply his files concerning his work for Hilton. Cicero, Capones headquarters, lay just west of Lawndale, and it has been rumored that, as a student, the young Sidney Korshak worked occasionally as Capones chauffeur. He was a Dodger fan, so was I. Soon after the Colliers article appeared, investigators for Senator Estes Kefauvers organized-crime committee arrived in Chicago. Paul "Red" Dorfman was affiliated with the Waste Materials Handlers Union in Chicago in the late 1930s and 1940s. Ruby is best known as the killer of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. But a woman with money wouldn't be taking acetaminophen if she was in pain; obviously they weren't working. For the rest of his life, he shunned all publicity, and for more than a quarter of a century his name and image all but vanished from public awareness. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold. Across the road, to the left, the Hacienda, the Strips southernmost joint, can barely be glimpsed. As reported many years later by Seymour Hersh of The New York Times, One trusted Korshak friend and business associate recalled in an interview that shortly after the committees visit Mr. Korshak had shown him infrared photographs of Senator Kefauver in an obviously compromising position with a young woman. According to Hershs source, A woman had been supplied by the Chicago underworld and a camera had been planted in the Senators room at the Drake Hotel to photograph her with Mr. Kefauver.. Among the loans he later made was a $160 million loan to Argent Corporation, which owned a group of casinos, including the Stardust Resort & Casino. While Glaser handled a roster of black acts that, besides Armstrong, included at times Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker, Korshak cultivated his own small circle of entertainers: Tony Martin, whom he knew from Chicago, and Tonys wife, Cyd Charisse; Dinah Shore; Debbie Reynolds; and Jill St. John. He insured Teamsters' pensioners and bilked numerous workers out of insurance benefits. (Bluhdorns own death, during an international flight in 1983, would be regarded by many as mysterious as well.) Greg Bautzer of the firm was also a Korshak associate. Paul Dorfman was one of only two trustees on the fund. I remember there was one guy, Sam Golf Bag Hunt, who always carried a machine gun in a golf bag instead of a violin case., Bacon, who would also know Korshak in his golden days in Los Angeles, said he was very charming and soft-spoken, a very pleasant man, a very likable guy. He certainly did not seem like a Mob figure. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. During our mutual musing one evening, Joe Kraus of the Chicago Jewish Historical Society wondered aloud if the mystery could ever be solved. With a new strike, against Paramount theaters, in the fall of 1935, IATSE dealt its first blow. Paul "Red" Dorfman was the head of the Chicago Waste Handler's Union and a kingpin in the Chicago Outfit,[7] who in 1959 was described by Congressional investigators "as the link between the Teamsters Union and the Chicago underworld. Could it be a reference to Hy "Red" Larner a mobster who reported to Chicago mobster Sam Giancana and first came to the attention of law enforcement in the 1950s when he was identified at Senate racketeering hearings as a mob higher-up. There was a problem loading your book clubs. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. Dunne said that Sidney and Bee Korshak had a terrific marriage. When Korshak emerged, Robb followed him to a mailbox, where old Sidney stopped to mail a letter. To Hoffa, there was nothing nondescript about Korshak, whose aura was his, his alone. Ruby's expulsion as head of the Waste Materials Handlers Union effectively paved the way for Dorfman's rise in the union. Even Rosselli, what was left of him, his legs and torso sawed apart, found in an oil drum floating in Dumbfoundling Bay in the summer of 76. You will be able to leave a comment after signing in. Simple enough, until one wonders how and why. Not knowing that the man was never photographed, Dunne casually snapped a picture of Korshak that night from across the room. In March 1943, grand-jury indictments for violations of federal racketeering statutes were returned against Frank Nitti, Paul Ricca, Johnny Rosselli, Cherry Nose Gioe, and several others. Allen Melnick Dorfman [2] (January 6, 1923 - January 20, 1983) was an American insurance agency owner and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Central States Pension Fund. Back in California, Bioff and Browne were headed for trouble. Im so close to Bee that I wouldnt do anything without her authorizing it. I am a soon to be retired Duke Medical Center library researcher, who enjoys writing. Wherebetween the little baby who always tried to help people and the man who was the most important contact that the Mob had to legitimate business, labor, Hollywood, and Las Vegasdoes the real Sidney Korshak lurk? At Sidneys arraignment, charges were dropped. I don't know how built up Palm Springs was then. If wed lasted that long, we would have, Bioff answered wistfully. Alex, born in 1916 and now imprisoned, has been described as the political fixer and power behind First Ward politicians and as a ruthless, vicious killer whom Chicago police acknowledged as one of the wiliest and slickest crooks in the city. Around this time she anonymously auctioned off some jewelry through Christies in New York. But Korshak is no longer enthralled. They are illuminating glimmers on a gossamer web of remarkable complexities, a pattern of associations which dissolve ultimately into darkness. The last mention of him, in a Chicago Crime Commission memorandum of September 1955, states that Ted Korshak was believed to be living, off and on, at the Park Shore Hotel, 1765 East 55th Street. Through it, the voices of Chicagos shadowland potentatesTony Accardo, Gus Alex, Murray Humphreys, Sam Giancanahelped to reveal for Roemer and the F.B.I, the inner workings of their familial enterprises, a world at whose center lurked the presence of Sidney Korshak. Hoffa, 180 pounds of muscle packed into less than five and a half feet, frowns beneath his crew cut at those who are entrapped by the snares of lust. It was fuckin nice, and I wanted to hug him.. In 1982 the New Jersey Casino Control Commission denied Playboy Enterprises a casino license after raising questions about Korshaks involvement with the company. During the first eight years of fiduciary management by Union Casualty the Dorfmans made more than $3 million in commissions and service fees. Cancel anytime. His car pulls smoothly into the porte cochre of the Riviera, halting in the canopied shade. Under his rightful name and various aliasesFred Korshak, Phillip Korshak, Phil Cohen, the list goes onhis rap sheet, mostly for narcotics violations, stretched over the next 30 years. We had a box together. Within six months, the blackmailing was refined: the major studios would each contribute 50 grand a year to IATSE in return for labor peace. They had three sons. In 1985 the same commission rejected the Hilton corporations application primarily because Hilton had kept Korshak on the payroll for 13 years. Evans brought them together in the days before Love Story. The prefix, 92, Roemer explained, designated racketeering; the number 789 was an identifying number assigned sequentially. Dorfman was an operative for Al Capone and later became a friend and associate of Jimmy Hoffa. Colosimos partner in crime was his wife, a slovenly madam named Victoria Moresco. 11 Mar 1971 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. The reborn Flamingo, the Sands, the Desert Inn, come magically alive with lightning winks, serpentine undulations of pastel light. He made a living as a "confidence man," a jewel thief, and a heroin dealer. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. What the Eisners, Ovitzes, and Geffens are to all that glitters now, Sidney Korshak was to all that was dark. Though the press made no note of it, the states attorney questioning Korshak was Tom Courtney, the West Side power broker who had sponsored him in his political candidacy the year before. Or are they one and the same, a Janus of good and evil? . Perhaps the decisive connection was that of neighborhood, that of Magen David. In a city where crime and politics were so inextricably entwined, it may have been through family that young Sidney entered the shadows. Willie, he said, meet Sidney Korshak. He was introduced by Paul Red Dorfman, a former Al Capone associate, to the guys in Chicago who eventually helped him gain the presidency of the Teamsters. Gioe was murdered by his own in 1954. Paul "Red" Dorfman: Teamsters Union Thug Jimmy Hoffa Associate. His language was perfect. : In this respect he reminded Anhalt of Frank Costello, whom Anhalt also met: Neither did Costello have any image like that. Richard Nixon. And, so, Sidney Korshak. 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