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Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as Jimmy Hoffa and Frank Sheeran in ‘The Irishman’ (Netflix)

What Did Hoffa Want?

Martin Scorsese’s new movie and a Harvard professor’s new book provide a picture, but only partial explanations, of the Teamster leader’s ultimately suicidal rage.

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