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On fiscal restraint?
British comedians, though not quite as outspoken as Lenny Bruce, show less restraint in their choice of words than their American counterparts, but the better (funnier) ones (like the Two Ronnies) are typically more subtle than the rest.
"We don't usually associate Gothic novels with elegance and discretion, but these are the defining features of Patrick McGrath's work," writes Michael Wood in the New York Times Book Review . Asylum is credited with achieving new levels of restraint.
We would also advocate that journal editors exhibit restraint when considering publication of low-quality evaluation studies.
Three novels later, it is still his best, a marvel of achieved restraint.