Word: conveys
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...Meridor drove his white Fiat sedan through the steel gates at the official residence of President Chaim Herzog. Waving to a band of reporters and photographers, Meridor trotted up the stairs to the paneled, book-lined office where Herzog was awaiting him. "The Prime Minister asked me to convey to the President of the state his letter of resignation," said the Secretary, whereupon he handed Herzog a white envelope. The letter inside was brief: "Mr. President, I hereby submit my resignation from the office of Prime Minister. Yours respectfully, and with all good wishes to you and your family...
...sweep of terror, China under the Cultural Revolution was the equivalent of Nazi Germany. Thugs, Red Guard bands and idealists fought in the cities, all rivaling one another to show loyalty to Mao Thought. Stories from the interior convey the sweep of the violence. In Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, the handsome old government palace was blown to bits by Red Guards; in its place they erected a new hall filled only with portraits of Mao. In Chongqing, workers fought each other with machine guns, artillery, armored cars and tanks. In Harbin, the factions used air planes to bomb each other...
...that we suddenly take to the warm, womblike darkness, the friendly formality of wood furniture and the comforting earth colors of Wright's interiors because we desperately need what they convey. Although we may be fleetingly thrilled, we are surely not satisfied with what fashionable ulterior design offers today. The model living room, as depicted in the stores and decorator magazines, has become America's disaster area. We have a choice between bizarrely abstract furnishings in chrome or lacquer, alienated from living reality, and eclectic kitsch heaped on like the toppings on ice cream sundaes-not much...
...January on the international "debt bomb" used drawings by David Suter. This week's cover subject, the alarming growth and extent of personal violence, especially within families and among people who know each other, was another such opportunity. Says Deputy Art Director Irene Ramp: "We wanted to convey the sense of violence and violation, the shame and helplessness of being a victim, without horrifying the reader or sensationalizing the victims. Art work had the advantage of being able to distill the emotional impact and move it from the too realistic to the abstract...
...Everyone remembers ad nauseam that Mallory, perhaps in some brown mood of irritation or boredom, intoned "Because it is there" when asked why he wanted to climb Everest. The pomposity of the answer is so far out of character that it seems likely that what he meant to convey was "Go away and stop asking good questions...