We have to be much, much more sensitive to the broader environment.
"They are uniquely positioned to influence the Olympics and the broader environment for equality in Russia".
Online retailers are not exempt from the broader environment, and many have also slashed their marketing spending in the wake of the collapse of Internet stocks.
But all have been steeped in a broader environment of violent activism, extreme conservatism, homophobia and anti-semitism for many years before they acted.
"Consumer spending has been episodic," the chief executive, Brian J. Dunn, said, adding that it "appears that our customers are operating on cues from the broader environment".
For very young children, there may be benefits in being able to handle the world of the tablet before they have the motor skills to handle their broader environment.
But as lead in the broader environment ebbed, the urban archipelago of New York's lead belt, and some even more seriously afflicted neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Chicago and Providence, emerged even more starkly.
Ms. Millard, the president of media for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and the former head of ad sales at Yahoo, argues passionately that the context of an ad within a broader environment is crucial to its effectiveness.
It did, however, describe a broader environment of incivility on campus, with pro-Israel students disrupting lectures on Middle Eastern studies and some faculty members feeling that they were being spied on.
"But especially when you're a small or midsized company, scrambling to make your way in the world, especially when things get bad in the broader environment, that's when you need the help.
Policy attention must therefore continue to be focused on improving the family and broader environment in which children are raised, admittedly a considerably harder problem to tackle, but no less essential.
