Sentences with phrase «garner public sympathy»

And to further fortify their actions and garner public sympathy, IPOB has set up an elaborate media campaign team to blackmail the Federal Government and its security agencies in discharging its onerous lawful responsibilities to the people of Nigeria by protecting lives and property.

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Well, things have decidedly gone sour between Bethune and Sea Shepherd since then, with Bethune now claiming, in an interview with New Zealand National Radio and elsewhere that Paul Watson ordered Bethune to scuttle the Ady Gil to «garner sympathy with the public and to create better TV».

But with expected salaries between $ 150,000 and $ 196,000, they're not likely to garner much sympathy from other lawyers or the general public.

Furthermore, a community of relatively highly paid lawyers (and accountants and architects and other professionals) who cry «unfair burden» will garner little sympathy in the court of public opinion.

Unlike the nearly 50,000 Quebec nurses who were similarly forced back to work after an illegal strike in 1999 — but who enjoyed widespread public support for their wage demands, which convinced the Parti Québécois government of former Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard to forego fines and reach a higher - paying settlement — Dallaire said the lawyers were unable to garner sympathy for the negotiation process discrepancies with Crown attorneys.