Suddenly the scope of my worries had changed drastically.
Determine the scope of work.
Given the scale and scope of the largess, some worry that the foundation's assertive philanthropy is squelching independent thought, while others express concerns about transparency.
"The breadth and scope of the crackdown is worrying, and definitely an increase from previous years," said William Nee, a Hong Kong-based researcher at Amnesty International.
The detail and scope of those rules are what worry the members of the chamber and some members of Congress, both of whom have been vocal in their criticism of the regulatory powers given to the new consumer agency by the Dodd-Frank Act, the financial regulation bill signed into law last July.
"The scope of things companies have to worry about is enlarging all the time as the government asserts violations in circumstances where it's unclear if they would prevail in court," says Lucinda Low, who has helped companies deal with the FCPA for years.
The undefined scope of the FSB's involvement worries researchers, especially in the wake of several high-profile cases in which the FSB relied on an ambiguous reading of what constitutes a state secret to accuse Russian researchers and an American technology specialist of spying (Science, 10 March 2000, and ScienceNOW, 13 December 2000).
"We worry that the scope of the list would expand at a very rapid rate".
Investors are still pessimistic about the scope of the recession, and they still worry that the government's $790 billion stimulus and its plans to shore up the banking system may not work.
Today however, economists and passengers worry that the scope of competition is rapidly diminishing, as more large airlines merge to make mega-airlines.
"I used to worry that the scope of things that inspire me would shrink.
