Hoffa
Americannoun
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Indeed, as the authors point out, Mr. De Niro’s co-star Al Pacino was 77 while portraying a 47-year old Jimmy Hoffa in the film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Canadian Natural Resources should be more famous than the Kardashians, except Wall Street maintains a silence so deafening you’d think someone discovered Jimmy Hoffa in the executive suite.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
O’Brien, a Boston-area native who grew up in a Teamsters family, worked with then-president Hoffa as the chief negotiator in the Teamsters’ 2017 contract talks with UPS, but Hoffa abruptly fired him.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
Then-President Hoffa ruled the contract to have been ratified, citing a union rule that permitted him to do so if voting turnout had dipped below 50% or the “no” votes didn’t exceed two-thirds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
Treatment.—We are indebted to Paci, Schede, Calot, Lorenz, and Hoffa for the rational treatment which seeks to reduce the dislocation by manipulation.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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