Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

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Issigonis, Sir Alec / Izvestia (or Izvestiya)
Issigonis, Sir Alec. (1906–1988) Turkish-born British car designer.
Italy is divided into twenty regions: Abruzzi, Basilicata, Calabria,
Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria,
Lombardia (Lombardy), Marche (Marches), Molise, Piemonte
(Piedmont), Puglia (Apulia), Sardegna (Sardinia), Sicilia (Sicily),
Trentino–Alto Adige, Toscana (Tuscany), Umbria, Valle d’Aosta,
Veneto.
ITAR-TASS. Russian news agency; formerly just called TASS.
its, it’s. Its is the possessive form of it: “Put each book in its place.”
It’s is the contraction of it is: “The beauty of solar power is that
it’s environmentally friendly.”
Iverson, Allen. (1975–) American basketball player.
Ivy League. Group of eight universities in the eastern United States
noted for high academic standards: Brown, Columbia, Cornell,
Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania,
and Yale.
IWW. Industrial Workers of the World, called Wobblies.
Izmir, Turkey; formerly Smyrna.
Izvestia (or Izvestiya). Russian newspaper.