What did the Boston Massacre feel like, I wonder, in terms of scope; what did the Tea Party look like?
Since then she's had a remarkably productive career, arguably without peer in terms of scope, length, range and quality.
"We are alleging a massive fraud — both in terms of scope and duration," said Linda Chatman Thomsen, director of the enforcement division at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
But the restoration work at Church of the Holy Family is a more typical job for the firm in terms of scope and the level of intricacy.
In the words of the new home secretary, John Reid, his new base is "inadequate in terms of scope, information, technology, leadership, management, systems and processes".
"The combination of the two brands is the largest brand initiative in terms of scope and investment we will have ever made," Mr. Mansell said.
"This is a limited — in terms of scope, duration and task — operation, which does fall in the president's authorities," he said.
In terms of scope and ambition and ego, not to mention length, it's hard to top Mailer's doorstopper about the life, crimes and execution of a Utah murderous drifter named Gary Gilmore.
And during a conference call with analysts last week, Jonathan Rosenberg, senior vice president for product management at Google, said the radio test was "pretty robust in terms of scope".
He said the agreement was "unprecedented" in terms of scope and size and in "the transformative impact it can have in one of the hardest regions of the world to win respect for workers' rights".
Protalinski sees a bit of wounded nationalistic pride at work here, since both Facebook and Twitter are American companies, ones that dwarf their French competitors in terms of scope and profitability.
