No one seemed sure how much broader sympathy there was in Ankara for the protests.
Of course, there are limits to how much broader meaning can be extrapolated from a special election, which can be shaped by local dynamics and personalities.
But the decisions of Mr. Cozza and Mr. Rice to take on this battle also illustrate how much broader the recognition of gay rights has become since Tim Curran first challenged the Boy Scouts policy in 1981.
I could see, in the Christmas-card pictures that Mom took every year, how much fuller my cheeks were than Mark's or Harry's, how much broader my waist was, and I knew that in one of these pictures, I was holding Adelle — the last of us, born four years after Harry — because I had volunteered to, figuring that it was a way of obscuring the whole middle stretch of my body.
Imagine how much broader the potential for these businesses might be, if only we saw older people as more than medical patients preparing for their end of life.
It also reported their disagreements, which almost all centered on how much the broad economy is likely to be damaged by the surge in oil prices and the tight credit markets brought on by the recent severe problems in housing and mortgage lending.
The research scope means knowing how much of your broad subject you will deal with.
"I am impressed by how much deeper and broader Indian-American relations have become and how much greater role India now plays in addressing the world's challenges," Ms. Powell said in her video, which was subtitled in 10 Indian languages including Bangla, Kannada and Urdu.
That, combined with the Enron mess and suspicions that other companies are about to join the scandal list, has raised a frightening question that now hangs over the American economy and the world's investment markets: Just how much of the broader New Economy was an illusion after all?
Moreover, the nature of GSV limits how much of the broader social and historical context can readily be known.
