"It is a sober and gritty recovery," said Ira Jackson, a senior vice president at the Bank of Boston.

They assert that Ira Jackson made more than a $1 million by taking control of the interests of the black participants in the concern controlled by Mr. Paradies at Hartsfield.

Follow the money as Dan Paradies pays off a million dollars to Ira Jackson.

For example, they say, the city cleared Ira Jackson, while still on the City Council, to represent an airport contractor.

Instead, he appointed a public entrepreneur, Ira Jackson, as chief tax collector.

Of buying one of the Dwight Street Homes, Ira Jackson said: "This is the begining of a new life for us.

Ira Jackson, a bank senior vice president, calls it "an investment in an idea whose time has come for Boston and for all American cities."

"It will be a battle of thoroughbreds," said Ira Jackson, a senior vice president of the Bank of Boston.

The raid was the work of Ira Jackson, until recently the Massachusetts State Commissioner of Revenue.

Ira Jackson, the executive vice president of BankBoston and a friend of Mr. Kennedy, said: "Joe's made to be an executive.