McGrath's two-and-a-quarter hour abridgement boils the novel down to key characters and scenes, in so doing losing a lot of colour and flavour, especially from Nicholas' protector Mr Cheeryble: a pity, as Timothy Spall is good value in this diminished part.
The 19th century was an era of laissez-faire, but in the 20th century two world wars required strong state control of the economy, and in the social democracies that prevailed after 1945 the private sector played a diminished part, particularly in Europe.
Mr. Nunez hoped to get "maybe something, at least," he said, sounding the predominant theme here, and in many other places, too, these days: The everything you were counting on might be gone, but maybe some diminished part of it is still within reach.
Taking into account previous studies showing a reduced bone adaptation response to mechanical loading in adulthood, these results suggest that the diminished adaptive response is in part due to a reduction in the strains induced within the bone.
The warning signs are more acute at this point, in part because of the diminished velocity on his fastball and because his E.R.A. is 4.07.
It is thought that these complications of TIPS are, in part, due to the diminished hepatic clearance of bacterial products [ 16], although the change in clearance has not been measured.
Another reason is the diminished reputation of the United States in some parts of the world, which experts here and abroad said is in part a consequence of the Bush administration's unpopularity around the world.
Part of the appeal is the diminished expectations.
We're already spending $18 billion per year and illegal flows are way down (though part of that is because of the diminished magnet of the weaker United States economy).
Most of the sector's financial transactions -- including NNPC's earnings, and transfers to the diminished Excess Crude Account -- do not appear as part of the budget thereby sidestepping legislative and public scrutiny.
