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  • "Plainclothes", sees him growing more adventurous as a songwriter, employing concrete narrative details and crisp lyrical imagery, and showed the band becoming much more confident in their quiet-loud dynamics.

    Pitchfork: Latest News 2009

  • "Plainclothes", sees him growing more adventurous as a songwriter, employing concrete narrative details and crisp lyrical imagery, and showed the band becoming much more confident in their quiet-loud dynamics.

    Pitchfork: Latest News 2009

  • "Plainclothes", sees him growing more adventurous as a songwriter, employing concrete narrative details and crisp lyrical imagery, and showed the band becoming much more confident in their quiet-loud dynamics.

    Pitchfork: Latest News 2009

  • Plainclothes security officials opened fire on the crowd last Friday, killing approximately 50 protesters and injuring dozens more.

    Yemeni President Gets Power to Detain Foes Margaret Coker 2011

  • Plainclothes police later dispersed the crowds, and allowed government supporters to hold a counter-demonstration.

    Syrian Forces Kill 12 in Border Area; Aleppo Sees First Protests 2011

  • Plainclothes officers boarded the flight at 4.45pm, moments before take-off, and took the 62-year-old out of the first-class cabin and into custody.

    Dominique Strauss-Kahn accused of sex attack on maid 2011

  • Plainclothes basiji militias and riot police cleared Tehran's streets Monday with electric batons, wooden bats, pepper gas and rubber-coated bullets.

    Egypt and Iran 2011

  • Plainclothes men carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles had moved to surround the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade as well as the headquarters of President Saleh's ruling party.

    Fighting Erupts in Yemen Amid Political Standoff Tom Finn 2011

  • David Gray/Reuters Plainclothes policemen grab the jacket of a protester as they drag him away in Wangfujing.

    Call for a 'Jasmine Revolution' 2011

  • Plainclothes officers started using this new law to remove from trains people who move between cars and make them produce identification.

    Targeting Train Theft Sean Gardiner 2011

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