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  • It has also been suggested that the unknown author "Pira," credited on the bowl cover, might have been a surgeon in the Dutch East India Company, copying anatomical works for the service.

    Archive 2007-09-01 JE 2007

  • It has also been suggested that the unknown author "Pira," credited on the bowl cover, might have been a surgeon in the Dutch East India Company, copying anatomical works for the service.

    Anatomical Crockery, 18th C JE 2007

  • They said an entire ex-Pira unit from the St James' area of west Belfast had defected to the ONH.

    Dissident terror group 'behind Belfast grenade attack on policemen' Henry McDonald 2010

  • This group includes veteran Pira bombmakers and assassins who were highly active before the Provisionals' 1994 ceasefire.

    Dissident terror group 'behind Belfast grenade attack on policemen' Henry McDonald 2010

  • Within thirty minutes, Kondō received the word that Pira had hanged herself.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Michael Turton 2008

  • Around 11 o'clock that morning, as he passed behind the sub-prefect's office, Kondō found Pira amongst a crowd of women preparing rice balls.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Michael Turton 2008

  • Pira later gave birth to Nakata's child, Nakata Yasuko, who was now a sixteen-year-old senior at Taizhong Women's Higher School.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Michael Turton 2008

  • The shelling hit Iraqi land at Sidakan, said Saadi Pira, an official of the Iraqi Kurdish, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, party.

    Think Progress » BREAKING: Rove’s Legal Troubles More Extensive Than Previously Reported 2006

  • "You almost certainly know something about the recent events; if you can tell me without concealing or holding anything back, you will not only help the nation, but also yourselves," said Kondō, who impatiently cross-examined Pira, despite her tears.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Michael Turton 2008

  • When she saw Kondō, Pira rushed out and quickly led him to the back of a Taiwanese's house.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Michael Turton 2008

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