Word: conveys
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...stampede to the Bard: Brando is a unique genius, probably the greatest acting talent our country has produced (come to think of it, I'd like to see him tackle Ryan's job). In the title parts of Antony and Cleopatra, neither Ryan nor Miss Hepburn can begin to convey the magnificent, rich orchestration of the verse, which is so fitting for the overripe society it reflects...
...incorporated the Oriental influence in such five-and six-notescale works as In a Myrtle Shade and Wai Kiki. His talent, as shown in recordings of Notturno for Orchestra and Three Tone Pictures for Double Quintet and Piano, was for richly colored works with strangely shifting rhythms that convey an almost trancelike effect...
...have come upon a copy of a new book by Senator Barry Goldwater called The Conscience of a Conservative. I cannot accurately convey to you the shock I experienced at reading a series of proposals which would undo every important social advance in this country over the past 50 years...
While there still seemed a prospect of continuing the summit, Adlai Stevenson and Arkansas' Senator J. William Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Johnson and Rayburn in signing a cable to Ike, urging him to "convey to Premier Khrushchev the view of the opposition party in your country that he reconsider his suggestion for a postponement of the summit conference until after the national elections in this country." All this was both good patriotism and good politics. But before the week was out, even before the President returned to Washington (to be greeted by Mister...
Throughout the rehearsal sessions, Toscanini's voice can be heard explaining, correcting, cajoling, scolding. Sometimes, when he attempts to convey his feelings for the music, language fails him. "Mozart," he cries, "must be allegro. It must smile! Allegro not only with the tempo but with this!"-and he resoundingly slaps his face. At times he speaks like a counseling father: "I don't believe that to be a great man one needs to play only Wagner or Beethoven. Play also Traviata as you are best able to play. I like this music as I like Mozart...