423. Lina Wertmuller's film Love and Anarchy is a ______ its title, contemplating the two concepts without taking a position on them.
A. demolition of
B. crituque of
C. commemoration of
D. meditation on
E. diatribe against
424. City leaders practiced ______ out of respect for taxpayers, ______ the number of new public projects.
A. forbearance, augmenting
B. mendacity, circumventing
C. austerity, curtailing
D. profligacy, truncating
E. reticence, extolling