Word: conveyed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Undoubtedly, such publications are now unfortunately extreme. They cannot be defended in their gross descents into pornography. Though vulgar they are rarely vicious. The moral they ostensibly convey, however inartistic, is usually above reproach. Only a few which contain rehashed drummer's tales and ribald witticisms are coarse. The pseudo-art magazines despite their unmistakably sexual appeal may not be without some value in creating a whole some frankness...
...Serge Koussevitzky, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the honorary degree of Doctor of Music. Said President William H. P. Faunce: "He is a distinguished virtuoso and interpreter of the music of all peoples; leader of concerts in London, Madrid, Barcelona and Warsaw, who has crossed the seas to convey to prosaic America some of his own insight into the arts in the universal language of music." Conductor Koussevitzky speaks little English, could think of no fitting reply, instead lifted his bass violin, played eloquently Handel's Largo, the Andante from his own concerts, made his U. S. debut...
...Although printed Dutch words convey a guttural jangle to the English-reading eye, the ample Dutch vocal cord mellows them astonishingly...
This week John Murray Anderson has devised a cabaret worthy of this whole column. When we describe a big padded cell with plucked geese hanging from the ceiling, we convey almost nothing to the reader. Perhaps it would be better to mention the ballet dancer whose knees kept letting her down onto the stage, or the singer who turned a back flip on the final note of the famous aria from Aida, and started clogging directly afterward. But all in all it is hard to express the true spirit of matters bughouse, for Mr. Anderson has done it in such...
...least objectionable, passengers soon learn that the recumbent position is most comfortable. They should select the midship region of the ship, where the motion is minimal, and the weather side of the vessel, as the wind is fresher there and in small ships not so apt to convey an undesirable odor from the galley. Cases that persist in spite of simple remedial measures, demand careful examination. A slight pre-existing cardiac incompetence may be aggravated by the efforts of vomiting and may cause a passive congestion of the abdominal viscera, with deficient oxygenation of those tissues. This has been shown...