The latest in a string of technologies that conspire to demand faster responses at more hours of the day, instant messaging quickens the pace and broadens the volume of communication for many of its users.
There's been a lot of broadening.
As well as being concerned about the pace of change, he suggested the government should seek to broaden the range of experts involved in the GP consortia as recommended by MPs on the health select committee.
To generate a vast amount of pace, you must broaden your shoulders, and build muscle on your arms and legs.
In recent months, Mr. Brown has broadened his anti-euro objections to include the slow pace of reform in Continental Europe's sluggish economies and the overall economic stewardship of the euro countries.
The market's broadening has accelerated as investors have become convinced that the Federal Reserve has slowed the rapid pace of economic growth and will not raise interest rates anytime soon.
In the UK – "A land of just and old renown, where freedom broadens slowly down," said Tennyson – it will be remembered as a time when the pace of change was not too slow, and often in the wrong direction.
Policymakers noted "initial signs that the anticipated broadening from household to business spending might have already begun" after recent official figures showed business investment spending rising at an annual pace of 8.5 per cent at the end of last year.
The pace of research quickened.
What's the pace of the game?
