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Word: conveyer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...impact is all the more terrible. Finally, Cicely Tyson, whose muted fury was the driving force in Sounder, plays Miss Jane. Once again she demonstrates (even when handicapped by an old-age makeup that is literally too thick to believe) that she is a subtly skilled actress who can convey not just the history of a character in a gesture or an inflection, but an entire century's cruelty and bravery as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Viewpoints | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

Both Cross and an Adams House senior said that Kiely had asked them to convey what he had said about the exam format to other people...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Garin, | Title: Kiely Gave Some Students Test Questions in Advance | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

...office, interrupting a piece to take a telephone subscription order, and shows Esther Stone, his wife and the Weekly's circulation manager, sorting bills on their living room table. Unfortunately, one thing the film never shows is a printed edition of the Weekly. Bruck missed an obvious opportunity to convey the flavor of Stone's publication...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: Tough as Nails, Honest as Stone | 1/28/1974 | See Source »

...imagine what happens when Allen slips on one of those banana peels. It is almost impossible, however, to convey the intricacy of his comic inventiveness, the shrewdness with which he sustains his comic lines. The simplest measure of Sleeper's success is perhaps the fact that one recalls it not by quoting Allen's one-liners but by trying to describe-inadequately-his beautifully built visual gags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: 2173 and All That | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

...Fool, manage to make fleeting passes at reality. David Reynolds deftly plays the Fool's role, a delicate balance weighing the outward frivolity of events against the startling depth of folly. He captures the irony and the sadness of the Clown's state and his success does much to convey the play's more serious overtones...

Author: By Elizabeth Healy, | Title: Sin As Its Own Reward | 12/15/1973 | See Source »

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