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I-95
Interstate 95 USA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-05-10-florida-
fires_x.htm
IBM
International Business Machines Corp.
USA
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/i-b-m-reports-nanotube-chip-breakthrough/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/technology/ibm-names-a-new-chief.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/technology/19unboxed.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/technology/10blue.html
ICANN
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/
google-wants-love-and-90-other-things/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/
technology/31net.html
ICBM
Intercontinental ballistic missiles
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/31/
634201841/despite-denuclearization-pledge-north-korea-reportedly-building-more-icbms
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/28/
566994979/north-korea-apparently-fires-another-missile-
after-2-1-2-month-break-between-tes
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/07/05/
535465234/after-north-koreas-icbm-launch-now-what
ICC
International Criminal Court
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/03/
561842662/icc-prosecutor-calls-for-afghanistan-war-crimes-investigation
ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement USA
https://www.ice.gov/
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/21/
520841332/fear-of-deportation-spurs-4-women-to-drop-domestic-abuse-cases-in-denver
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/10/
514610542/immigration-raids-are-reported-around-the-country
http://www.npr.org/2017/01/08/
508548698/how-kitchen-raids-in-buffalo-sent-shock-waves-through-immigrant-rights-community
ICM
UK polling company
(originally Independent Communications and Marketing)
http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/media-centre-polls.php
ICT
Information and Communication Technology

The Guardian
Educ@guardian
p. 12 7 March 2006
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/mar/07/
elearning.technology1
I.C.U. / ICU
Intensive care unit USA
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/25/
inside-a-welsh-icu-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-photo-essay
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/20/
914374901/advances-in-icu-care-are-saving-more-patients-who-have-covid-19
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/25/
819940409/icu-bed-capacity-varies-widely-nationwide-see-how-your-area-stacks-up
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/
opinion/coronavirus-hospital-visits.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/23/
icu-doctors-tough-decisions-coronavirus-uk
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/10/
654445929/when-icu-delirium-leads-to-symptoms-of-dementia-after-discharge
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/
opinion/sunday/my-icu-patient-lived-is-that-enough.html
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/03/04/
285762401/palliative-chemo-can-make-it-more-likely-youll-die-in-the-icu
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-05-13-
conjoined-twins_x.htm
ID / ID
Identity / Identification / identify
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/idcards
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/05/two-police-units-dead-children-ids
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-09-pentagon-ww2-airmen_N.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-04-mixup-memorial_x.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-15-homeless-beating_x.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-14-meth-crackdown_x.htm
IDS
Iain Duncan-Smith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/oct/29/
uk.conservatives1
IED
Improvised explosive device
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/oct/29/
ied-isis-islamic-state-iraqi-kurdistan-peshmerga
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/03/
ieds-kill-53000-civilians-in-three-years-70-per-cent-rise
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/may/24/uk-soldier-dies-afghanistan
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/opinion/l04bomb.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/world/asia/15ied.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-01-01-iraq-ied-cover_x.htm
IFS
Institute for Fiscal Studies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/06/ifs-uk-borrowing-budget-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/dec/06/welfare-cuts-public-sector-ifs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/11/children-poverty-institute-fiscal-studies
I.G.
(Justice Department) Inspector General
USA
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/09/
786379432/hearing-recaps-impeachment-investigation-justice-ig-finds-no-bias-in-russia-inqu
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/15/
620135227/the-huge-justice-department-ig-report-is-out-what-comes-next
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/15/
620284862/trump-says-ig-report-on-fbi-clinton-probe-exonerates-him
I.H.S.
Indian Health Service
The Federal Health Program
for American Indians and Alaska Natives
USA
https://www.ihs.gov/aboutihs/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/
us/politics/communitys-loss-of-hospital-stirs-fresh-debate-over-indian-health-service.html
Ill.
Illinois USA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-09-23-illinois-
kids_x.htm
ILO
International Labour Organisation
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/apr/23/
ethicalbusiness.globalisation
I.M.
Instant Messaging
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/us/
26philly.html
IMDb
Internet Movie Database
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/may/12/
six-degrees-col-needham-imdb
IMF
International Monetary Fund
https://www.theguardian.com/business/imf
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/international-monetary-fund
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/03/imf-global-economy-warning
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/22/imf-bank-of-england-rate-cut-growth
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/20/austerity-warning-international-monetary-fund
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/15/imf-world-risks-1930s-style-slump
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/business/global/imf-slashes-growth-outlook-for-us-and-europe.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/12/us-imf-cyberattack-idUSTRE75A20720110612
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/nyregion/imf-names-replacement-as-chief-awaits-arraignment.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/business/global/09imf.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-CreditCrisis/idUSTRE51C09P20090213
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/02/saudiarabia-creditcrunch
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE4965NQ20081007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/01/banking.useconomy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/09/creditcrunch.economy1
imho
In My Humble Opinion
http://www.theguardian.com/money/blog/2016/mar/12/
is-thermostat-remote-controlled-worth-it
intel
intelligence
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-24-
russ-intel_x.htm
IOC
International Olympic Committee
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/sep/23/bbc-ioc-azerbaijan-boxing-allegations
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/apr/20/Olympics2012.politics
IOPC
Independent Office for Police Conduct
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/-iopc
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/25/
highest-number-of-people-in-a-decade-die-in-police-custody
IoS
Independent on Sunday
UK
https://www.independent.co.uk/
I.O.U.
I owe You
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/11/
women-labour-miliband-callthe-midwife-mother-birth
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/
business/economy/24debt.html
IPCC
1 - Independent Police
Complaints Commission
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/28/nottinghamshire-police-officers-pregnant-woman
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/22/police-investigated-misconduct-gangland-case
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/24/man-dies-taser-arrest-bolton
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/aug/07/ipcc-release-statement-mark-duggan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/05/raoul-moat-ipcc-prison-warning-police
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jul/01/faisal-al-ani-police-arrest
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/15/tomlinson-death-ipcc-inquiry
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/25/police.law
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/18/brazil.menezes
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/18/politics.brazil
2 - Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ipcc
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/31/climate-change-threat-food-security-humankind
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/27/ipcc-world-dangerous-climate-change
IPO
Initial public offering
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/13/
694293545/levi-strauss-wants-to-stretch-its-pockets-with-second-go-at-ipo
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/25/
580263402/spotifys-unusual-ipo-model-will-test-the-companys-strength
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/02/facebook-ipo-facts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/18/facebook-ipos
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/07/facebook-ipos
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/02/facebook-ipo-mark-zuckerberg-roadshow
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/08/us-facebook-millionaires-idUSTRE7B72NK20111208
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/13/us-facebook-idUSTRE75C3T820110613
http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/us/2006-06-14-ethanol-usat_x.htm
IPP
Indeterminate sentence for public protection
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jul/31/
prisonsandprobation.ukcrime
IQ
Intelligence Quotient
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/nyregion/
larry-selman-a-shepherd-of-greenwich-village-dies-at-70.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/oct/19/
teenagers-iq-scores-adolescence
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/us/04execute.html
IRA
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/world/europe/
where-say-nothing-is-gospel-ira-victims-daughter-is-talking.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/11/ira-murders-claim-to-smithwick
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/may/09/northernireland.devolution
Individual Retirement Account USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/02/your-money/
individual-retirement-account-iras/for-teenagers-starting-and-saving-in-a-roth-ira.html
http://classroom.synonym.com/roth-stand-roth-ira-24296.html
I.R.L.
In Real LIfe
How Online Trolls Divide Americans IRL
Video
NYT News 22 August 2018
We know that trolls on social media
are trying to sow discord on contentious subjects
like race, guns and abortion,
but how do they do it?
Here is a visual guide to their
strategy.
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=4CbHeXnxV_A
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/
opinion/coronavirus-social-media.html
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=4CbHeXnxV_A -
NYT - 22 August 2018
I.R.S. / IRS
Internal Revenue Service USA
https://www.irs.gov/
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/internal-revenue-service
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/21/
572326998/now-that-the-gop-tax-bill-is-approved-the-irs-gets-busy
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/29/
opinion/dark-money-and-an-irs-blindfold.html
http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/05/16/us/
politics/100000002228919/presidential-politics-and-the-irs.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/business/whistle-blower-awarded-104-million-by-irs.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-07-28-unpaidtaxes_N.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2006-09-04-irs-usat_x.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/05/business/05tax.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/11/national/11baptist.html
ISA
Individual savings account

The Guardian Money
p. 11 17 March 2007
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2007/mar/21/budget2007.budget5
Isis
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant

Jim Morin
GoComics
November 03, 2016
http://www.gocomics.com/jimmorin/2016/11/03
https://www.theguardian.com/world/isis
http://www.gocomics.com/jimmorin/2016/11/03
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/
opinion/john-bolton-to-defeat-isis-create-a-sunni-state.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/
opinion/sunday/thomas-l-friedman-how-isis-drives-muslims-from-islam.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=CZ_TGtTSXcI&list=UUqnbDFdCpuN8CMEg0VuEBqA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/08/world/middleeast/
obama-weighs-military-strikes-to-aid-trapped-iraqis-officials-say.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/16/
isis-islamic-state-iraq-levant-q-and-a
ISP
Internet Service Provider

The Guardian p. 12
17 December 2008
http://digital.guardian.co.uk/guardian/2008/12/17/pdfs/gdn_081217_ber_12_21476088.pdf
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/02/isp-gchq-mass-surveillance-privacy-court-claim
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/12/pirate-bay-piratebrowser-web-browser
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/11/pornography-internet-service-providers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/24/hull-isp-pulls-plug-filesharers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/29/digital-britain-lord-carter-broadband
ISS
International Space Station
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-01-30-
space-station_N.htm
IT
Information Technology
https://www.theguardian.com/careers/careers-blog/it-professionals-2011
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/jul/15/highereducation.students
IVs
intravenous
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/
world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.html
IVA
Individual voluntary arrangements
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2006/oct/16/
creditanddebt.business
IVF
In Vitro Fertilization

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/19/
648923906/do-ivf-and-other-infertility-tech-lead-to-health-risks-for-the-baby-maybe
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/may/24/
ivf-its-overwhelming-and-shocking-at-every-single-turn
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/27/ivf-where-all-grief-going
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jul/12/story-ivf-five-million-babies
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jun/28/uk-government-ivf-dna-three-people
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/may/22/ivf-nhs-age-42-fertility
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/mar/21/ivf-fertility-birth-defects
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jul/04/health.medicineandhealth1
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/oct/26/lifeandhealth.medicineandhealth
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/28/familyandrelationships.health
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/17/politics.health1
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jun/25/health.uknews
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