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In captivity--that is, in the more restrained and stylized realm of written language--examples of the nonironic groovy tend to predominate heavily.
Restrained old façades hide picturesque courtyards, and there are some half-dozen squares, each boasting a crumbling and still functioning old church.
They guessed that they would do better with a "strong executive," a weaker legislative branch, and a restrained judiciary for many years to come.
In the good old days, says the Post , Bradley "was more restrained," declining "to comment on the Clinton administration's fund-raising behavior."
The tabs also tout the "shocking" resemblance between the two women but are uncharacteristically restrained in neglecting to mention that there is one (or, more accurately, two) crucial difference in the physiques of slender Jessica and bounteously well-endowed Shoshanna.