Word: conveys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only confirmed his status as the nation's most widely recognized poet. That popularity stemmed largely from his readability; his poetry seemed to speak plainly, in rhyme. But his surfaces concealed depths. The line "And miles to go before I sleep" at first seems straightforward. Repeated immediately, the words convey a trip toward death...
...think when you talk to your kids, you have to convey more often what you really think than at any other time. You can't hedge with kids. You end up conveying what you really think and feel," he says...
...group starts toward University Hall, leaving a camcorder-toting woman behind. Like thousands of cinematographers before her, she's struggling to find a way to convey the massiveness of the library. And as her shot pans through my body, it strikes me that I've played supporting roles in literally dozens of these Cambridge video diaries. Just how many home movies, how many photo albums have I stumbled into, I wonder...
Nory will disappoint the prurient. Baker has set aside his facility for high porn to convey affectionately the budding world of a nine-year-old girl. Eleanor ("Nory") Winslow is an American spending part of a year in an English village with her parents and younger brother. Mom teaches them "to be honest and not to hurt people's feelings." Dad writes books "that help people go to sleep...
...race relations. We actively support discussion of alternative ways through which racial understanding at Harvard might be promoted--including the possible creation of a multicultural student center and the implementation of an ethnic studies concentration. Yet such discussion, and the political or activist measures that might be needed to convey the depth of student concern, should be viewed as building on, not replacing, the Foundation's vital role in bringing student groups together. Active participation in cultural and educational activities must accompany political activism if we are to attain a rich, introspective and engaging dialogue on race...