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Word: conveys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...former misnomer had led many Freshmen to ask for aid in cramming for examinations, which is not the purpose of the organization. The object is rather to assist men to learn how to do their work, and it is felt that the new name will convey this impression better than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHI BETA KAPPA TUTORING BUREAU CHANGES ITS NAME | 1/14/1924 | See Source »

...record of the work of the organization speaks for itself; the names of the men who serve upon its Advisory Committee add whatever weight is necessary to make up its great prestige. The necessary thing is to convey some how to the undergraduate body the conditions of students in Europe and the peril in which European education now lies. A perusal of the interviews which have appeared and are appearing in the CRIMSON should give some idea of the need for help. In fact anyone who has read anything within the last few years can scarcely remain in doubt upon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "REASON NOT THE NEED!" | 1/8/1924 | See Source »

...American Embassy in Tokyo: "Ambassador Woods requests you to convey to the Prince Regent his personal sense of relief on learning of the Prince's escape from the attempt on his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: A Narrow Escape | 1/7/1924 | See Source »

...lamp to a safe distance. Even more gruesome is the sight of a miner tamping a highly explosive dynamite cap with his teeth. The foreman is to blame if he permits anyone to work in rooms with insufficient propping or to ride on trips of cars meant only to convey coal. If mines unsafe because of water trouble, poor roof, improper ventilation, and other such deficiencies, are permitted to be worked, the district inspector of mines is in this case at fault. If the owner himself does not see that his mine is decently inspected and that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COAL AND SAFETY | 11/22/1923 | See Source »

...those who expect mere surface description. But the translation is itself an admirable work of letters. He treats of sculpture and architecture with fair attention as well as painting. He has not produced a text or an encyclopedia, but tells only enough of an artist and his works to convey his spiritual and historical relations. He follows no set division, except a geographical one: in the present volume, Florence, Rome, Venice, Flanders, monarchical France, Reformation Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Good Books: Nov. 19, 1923 | 11/19/1923 | See Source »

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