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  • 11Plain Clothes Theatre Productions — is a Bristol based theatre company producing contemporary plays from around the globe. Formed in 2003 by artistic director Sam Berger [http://www.plainclothestheatre.com/company.html] , the company has produced work in London, Bristol, Cheltenham …

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  • 12Plain Old Data Structures — (PODS) are data structures that are represented only as passive collections of field values, without using encapsulation or other object oriented features.Plain Old Data Structures are appropriate when there is a part of a system where it should… …

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  • 13Plain Pigeon — Patagioenas inornata wetmorei Conservation status …

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  • 14Plain Old Documentation — Plain Old Documentation, abbreviated pod, is a simple markup language used to document the Perl programming language.Designpod is designed to be a simple, clean language with just enough syntax to be useful. It purposefully does not include… …

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  • 15plain chocolate — noun Dark chocolate, made with some sugar added but without milk • • • Main Entry: ↑plain * * * plain chocolate UK US noun [uncountable] british a type of chocolate made without milk and with very little sugar. The American word is dark chocolate …

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  • 16plain — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not decorated or elaborate; simple or ordinary. 2) without a pattern; in only one colour. 3) unmarked; without identification. 4) easy to perceive or understand; clear. 5) (of language) clearly expressed; direct. 6) (of a woman or… …

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  • 17Plain English — 1. The expression plain English, meaning ‘English that is clear and easy to understand’, goes back to the 15c, and was the term often used in the titles of the first dictionaries that appeared during the 17c; Robert Cawdrey, for example,… …

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  • 18Plain weave — Plain or tabby weave is the most basic of the three fundamental types of textile weaves. [Kadolph, Sara J., ed.: Textiles , 10th edition, Prentice Hall, 2007, p. 225 229] It is strong and hard wearing, used for fashion and furnishing fabrics. In… …

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  • 19Plain — Plain, n. [Cf. OF. plaigne, F. plaine. See {Plain}, a.] 1. Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.… …

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  • 20Plain-winged Woodcreeper — At Vale do Ribeira, Registro, São Paulo, Brazil Conservation status …

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