What is "meany"

Usage examples of "meany".

Samuel Gompers and George Meany and a generation of social-democratic politicians who came to the fore in Europe late in the twentieth century.

Tanzanian government was turning in despair to the IMF, Meany was bidding a last farewell to his followers in a Miami hotel ballroom.

No wonder, then, that the tears of the delegates as Meany bade them farewell from his wheelchair were matched by a sense of deliverance in Communist headquarters from Moscow to New York.

But his spirit was reincarnated in George Meany, a successor who did as much as any American to bring this juggernaut down.

East Harlem, William George, soon known by his middle name, was the second of the ten children of Mike Meany, a plumber who rose to become an officer of his union local.

If Meany comes into a room and nobody knows who he is, he has the quality to attract the attention of other men.

Within a mere sixteen months, that president resigned to accept an office in the state government, and Meany decided to run for his position.

The vacancy was initially filled by the executive board, and Meany, the newest and youngest member, lost to the most senior member by a vote of 7 to 6.

He was an odd match for Meany, but the two formed a tight political bond.

With victory by the Allies growing more certain, Meany was among the small number who loresaw postwar conflict with the Soviet Union.

Ernest Bcvin, that other unvarnished proletarian who rose to lead a labor movement, Meany despised the Communists.

FTUC and spearhead the anticipated battle against international communism, Meany turned to a flamboyant character whose chosen name was Jay Lovestone.

Just as Meany earned a few extra dollars at semi-pro ball, so Jacob as a teenager took up semi-pro boxing.

In deference to the war effort, the AFL resisted quietly, but in April 1945, with Germany on the brink of defeat, Meany decided to take off his muzzle.

Upon the launching of the Marshall Plan, Meany accepted a seat on its advisory board.