It telegraphs what you and your company stand for and care about and serves as a rallying point for employees.

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It telegraphs that the agency will be a bad, argumentative partner for the client, and it suggests dissention and disorganization.

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Also, the traitor character is fairly easy to pick out early on, meaning the story telegraphs the two dramatic twists far too early.

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The title of "Pretty on the Inside" telegraphs the gag from the start, but there's no way of predicting exactly how far it's going to go.

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Tomboyism involves not courting male attention in the obvious ways, but, rather, assuming it, knowing it's there and doing whatever you want: It telegraphs independence, seriousness and freedom.

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From 1870, when the Post Office was given control of the telegraph system, many more women were employed in running the telegraphs and from here moved into administrative and clerical roles.

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Both acts spend a half-hour or so circling the airport before finally getting down to business, and Mr. Norris, instead of staying ahead of the audience, telegraphs most of his comic punches.

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