In its format, the memo is similar to the questions, comments and criticisms Mr. Rumsfeld is known to send on an almost daily basis to subordinates in the Pentagon -- and even to officials at agencies beyond his direct purview.
But Beller's deft sleight of hand is to convince you of Alex's overwhelming self-centeredness early on, only to shake things up later as his boy comes of age and sees with far greater clarity how life revolves beyond his limited purview.
As he becomes more revered, treasured, cherished, sucked up to, Friedman thinks bigger, wider, deeper, weightier, with no trend and no trip beyond his Delphic purview -- and no one of equal status to question the wisdom of his ways and means.
Mr. White might have been wise to extend his purview beyond the United States before making his sweeping statement.
Of course, the only campaign he was running was the one to further his own career, but Ty had widened his purview beyond the realm of dead-eyed debauchery.
Though called the "master of coin," Littlefinger's political influence extends beyond his bean-counting purview.
Fortunately for us, Williams's performance goes beyond his rather limited purview, but Daniels's doesn't; he vacillates between soliciting the audience's sympathy — letting us know that Ray himself thinks he's a creep — and trying to rise to Williams's daring and nonjudgmental embodiment of her not easily assimilable character.
And although a 10-year-old girl may have much to teach the world, some things are beyond her purview, and some language beyond her limits.
It includes taking public stands on some highly charged issues that are beyond the purview of his office, like school taxes and Medicaid fraud.
