Word: convey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Certainly some lecturers are more scintillating than others, but by peddling lectures as the primary mode of learning, some so-called teachers convey distance from and disinterest in their courses and students. Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote that to lecture is "to instruct insolently and dogmatically." If Harvard students call for more personal education, it is because they have found this dictum out for themselves...
...lacks both imagination and precision functioning at the same level of artistry as a small-town newscast. It was produced by a film collective proud to work without a director, but unfortunately no one made the essential decisions about thematic development and continuity. The interviews reach no conclusions, and convey the mood of "Meet the Press" rather than an important political meeting. Only one veteran breaks the monotony of disconnected testimony by showing the relationship between his Vietnam experiences and his current life. The interview format is also troublesome visually. A few attempts at montage, juxtaposing shots of the long...
...wants to learn. Title notwithstanding, less space is devoted to the bound book than to its precursor the manuscript, whose history is far longer and richer. From Mesopotamia to William Morris, from the lacquered bindings of Persia to the bejeweled Gospels of the Dark Ages, the book manages to convey the serenity of a library and an unostentatious reverence for writing...
...role was one of the choicest movie plums in years: Catherine, the beguiling Shangri-La schoolmistress in the musical remake of Lost Horizon. The actress had to combine a peasant beauty with innate grace, be sweet yet sexy, and convey enough emotional depth to make Peter Finch-or any other man-willing to trudge over a snow-blown Himalaya for her. Audrey Hepburn was the sort of woman the part called for, and in fact Audrey was one of the prime prospects. But the part went to Liv Ullmann...
...usual models and photographs of architectural projects are there, but also huge replicas of columns and wall details that convey the magnitude and impact of buildings. Regrettably, the effect is to emphasize Breuer's late work. While structurally forthright and beautifully executed-he considers every detail down to how his materials will weather over the years-these immense, sculptural buildings tend to lack the grace, originality and controlled exuberance of his earlier projects...