Ira

Ira Glass eventually tapped the up-and-comers to be the in-house band for This American Life.
OK Go Is Helping Redefine the Music Video For the Internet Age|Lauren Schwartzberg|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This was the Coltrane “sheets of sound” period (a phrase originated by critic Ira Gitler).
The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The attempt was hatched in an effort to have a death sentence on an IRA man commuted, the military pensions archives reveal.
How The IRA Tried To Kidnap Edward VIII|Tom Sykes|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was given an IRA pension for five and a half years service.
How The IRA Tried To Kidnap Edward VIII|Tom Sykes|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Feinstein, no slouch himself in the wunderkind department, began his career at the age of 20, working for Ira Gershwin.
Is Nick Ziobro the Next Frank Sinatra?|Steve North|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All three of the arrivals sat down at the front, while Ira passed inside and lighted an oil-lamp.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis
Go inside, and I reckon Ira can give you some medicine fur that appetite Hank spoke about.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis
His hands hung limp at his sides, his head was dropped on his breast; not even a Ira looked more dejected.
The Red City|S. Weir Mitchell
The eight-hour movement drew its inspiration from an economic theory advanced by a self-taught Boston machinist, Ira Steward.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman
His faithful Venusians, Ran-los, Ta-ira, and the rest were just on the other side of the three-inch plate of toughened steel.
The Great Dome on Mercury|Arthur Leo Zagat

British Dictionary definitions for Ira

IRA

abbreviation for

Irish Republican Army

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