Word: conveys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great Manchurian War Lord Chang Tso-lin, who is still supreme there. Marshal Feng retreated into Mongolia, consolidated his forces there, then hurried to Moscow where he allegedly obtained enormous grants of gold, supplies, arms, ammunition. Therefore it was pretty to see last week, how Marshal Feng managed to convey the impression that he is not a Communist, yet carefully did not disavow or antagonize the Soviet Government...
...polite society it is considered vulgar for one to make a display of his wealth or education. In the practical affairs of life, when a man uses an odd or unusual word to convey a meaning that could have been as easily and as quickly conveyed by a more common word, he is held in contempt by his associates. You seem to go to great length to make a display of your vocabulary. You have had a penchant for using unusual words since your publication started, and I had occasion to write to you in a similar vein...
...busy being stimulated by split-second meals, red-hot tabloids and undressed dramatics to enjoy the simple compensations of life; 2) that in trying to regulate the political structure so as to alleviate economic distress, man swings from autocracy to democracy with perfect futility. The settings convey an impression of cogwheels, greasy steel pistons, chains, derricks, clanking, rumbling, thumping. The tempo is furious, yet the action is not without clarity. Probably Rapid Transit, when it was first written several years ago, was startlingly radical. Today, it is a better one of many...
Minister Massey: "Allow me, Mr. President, on behalf of His Majesty's Canadian Government and the people of Canada, to convey to you, sir, assurances of their high and sincere regard...
More words, however, fail utterly to convey any adequate impression of the music. The vagabond must go to hear it for himself. And certainly, with Glee Club concerts to judge from, he will not be disappointed...