"It is conveying a message to others," Mr. Volokh said.
We can be saying exactly the right words and be conveying a message we're not even aware of.
And the faithful inside the packed prayer hall were conveying a message not of dread, but of fervent hope.
"We've been conveying a message to the rebels that we will be compelled to defend civilians, whether pro-Qaddafi or pro-opposition," said a senior Obama administration official.
As he was driven away he showed the finger to the waiting photographers although it was unclear whether he was merely demonstrating that the finger was not damaged, or whether he was conveying a message.
To spurn a visit, Mr. Davis said, "would be conveying a message of hostility, and pushing Pakistan in a dangerous direction away from the West and toward the Taliban".
Why didn't he show up like this during the 2000 presidential campaign?" The difference was that he was conveying a message he was passionate about and, from a leadership standpoint, it is critical that you find that inner passion around your message.
Explained an unnamed Obama administration official in the New York Times: "We've been conveying a message to the rebels that we will be compelled to defend civilians, whether pro-Qaddafi or pro-opposition".
"Nor would he think the primary effect of displaying The Cross at Ground Zero to be conveying a message to atheists that they are somehow disfavored 'outsiders,' while religious believers are favored 'insiders,' in the political community".
Texas educators and families are conveying a two-part message.
