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  3. (1980) Died:George Meany
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  6. TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1980 Highlights    
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  9. <source>Time Magazine</source>
  10. <hdr>
  11. MILESTONES
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  14. <p>     George Meany, 85, gruff, cigar-puffing chieftain of U.S. labor
  15. who rose from Bronx plumber to president of the AFL-CIO from its
  16. birth, in 1955, to 1979. Whether battling for fuller union
  17. lunch pails, assailing Communism, or dismissing critics who
  18. accused him of being too conservative, Meany lectured Presidents
  19. and public alike with equal bluntness. </p>
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  22. </article>
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