Sentences with phrase «less sympathy for»

That said, I have less sympathy for the «journalist» who sensationalizes a particular storm as caused by global warming simply as a marketing tool.

As the secrets start to unravel, readers might feel less and less sympathy for these narrators.

In a quote from an American academic, we learn, «Nowhere in the democratic world is there less sympathy for populist and participatory forms of democracy than England.»

Not exact matches

Gottlieb's nonchalance toward this fundamental limitation of Mendelssohn's thought suggests that his own strong sympathy for Mendelssohn has less to do with the foundations of his philosophy than with its practical ramifications.

Because, my God, though I lack the soul - zeal and the sublime integrity of your saints, I yet have received from you an overwhelming sympathy for all that stirs within the dark mass of matter; because I know myself to be irremediably less a child of heaven than a son of earth; therefore I will this morning climb up in spirit to the high places, bearing with me the hopes and the miseries of my mother; and there — empowered by that priesthood which you alone (as I firmly believe) have bestowed on me — upon all that in the world of human flesh is now about to be born or to die beneath the rising sun I will call down the Fire.

And Hartshorne does just that: «The eminent form of sympathetic dependence can only apply to deity; for this form can not be less than an omniscient sympathy, which depends upon and is exactly colored by every nuance of joy or sorrow anywhere in the world (DR 48).

«I have sympathy for every single manager in the Premier League and everybody goes through periods where it goes a bit little less well.

They may have less respect for Mom and more sympathy for Dad.

We have no sympathy for Espada and couldn't care less if he gets booted from the party.

None the less, I have a sneaking sympathy for the whips.

Yes, he was terrible to his daughter, whom he refused to acknowledge or support for years, but the varying attempts to create sympathy for Jobs with his occasional kindnesses to her make him less and not more compelling.

There's more bite, and less explicit sympathy, which then gives you more sympathy for everybody involved.

It's clear, as well, that the somewhat chilly work by the movie's leads compounds the less - than - engrossing vibe, as both Cooke and Taylor - Joy infuse their respective characters with a one - note, almost emotionless vibe that grows increasingly tedious - which does, naturally, make it awfully difficult to work up any interest in or sympathy for their continuing exploits.

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) returns to the artistic - cultural NYC world explored in Baumbach's last two NYC dramedies, What is remarkable in this script is how much sympathy Baumbach generates for his characters, who in lesser hands would be one - dimensional brutes.

Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel.

Had they shown a lot less personal arrogance and a little more personal humility, I might almost have been moved to have some sympathy for them as they watch their carefully constructed world fall apart around them.

The reaons for the elites» not wanting to answer the question directly was that they had gone through two decades or more of hard battle in the 50s and 60s and 70s trying to help right the inequalities that French Canadians, notably Quebeckers, had dealt with for decades, and righting them required some ambiguous compromises that were understood by those close to the battle but not necessarily by those farther away, and with less sympathy to the «other» side.

If he begins now to exercise his pardon power with more intention and greater liberality, with more sympathy for human error and less aversion to controversy, there is at least a chance that the public will regard with equanimity any relief he ultimately chooses to grant to Scooter Libby.

As one lawyer (among many lawyers) who has made these points repeatedly on behalf many defendants who seem much more deserving of sympathy than Mr. Libby — such as decorated veteran Victor Rita who just had his 33 month sentence affirmed by the Supreme Court for crimes seemingly much less serious than Libby's — I suppose I am pleased to see President Bush demonstrate compassionate conservativism for Libby.

Or will Speaker garner less sympathy because he is a lawyer, and his conduct — which Bainbridge accurately describes as «selfish, narcissistic, and wholly lacking in regard for others» — is regarded as typical for lawyers?

That's a point made by Doug Berman at the Sentencing Law Blog («Rather, I wish primarily to urge anyone and everyone defending President Bush's sentencing determination in the Libby case to explain why all these less prominent defendants — most of whom are now locked in a cell while Libby now makes plans for the paid lecture circuit — don't also merit some executive sympathy»); Ellen Pogdor at White Collar Crime Blog («But what is bothersome here is that one elite individual is receiving this benefit while others with comparable circumstances will not have this benefit — it all comes down to who has access to the President.

As a starting point, given the significant Israeli Arab population, if Israel is engaged in ethnic cleansing, it's doing a damned poor job of it (and while I wouldn't deny that Israel's treatment of its Arab citizens has been anything to be proud of, it's worth noting that whatever understandable sympathy those Arab citizens may have for their kith and kin in the Palestinian territories, they have no particular desire to join them, much less be governed by them).

We can even have sympathy for those who may have performed less competitively than their peers at Law School because they were more likely to be from an economic status that required them to work a job at the same time, thereby limiting the amount of time they can devote to re-editing that essay or re-reading course notes.