Sentences with phrase «little sympathy by»

US agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), one of the biggest grains traders in the world, has been spared little sympathy by some farmers and politicians like Liberal senator Bill Heffernan, who used a Senate inquiry to grill ADM's executives on price - fixing charges dating back to the 1990s.

Very little sympathy by MOST of the board members.

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«Lear's counterpart in the contemporary Church,» writes Mankowski, «is a certain segment of clergymen which has made it a practice to vindicate its prejudices by affecting to consult with the faithful, to listen to their concerns, only to announce with astonishment that God's Little Ones are pleading for precisely those changes for which the Listeners themselves have a deep and discerning sympathy.»

The abuser is going to garner little or no sympathy (and rightly and justly so) for being offended by the anger from those he / she abused.

The first 170 pages are an exposition of Islam by a Western writer with scarcely a phrase to which a Muslim could take exception, and the rest of the book is a guide to Christian missionary work with Muslims, with which they have little sympathy.

This is why people who cling to the God of Israel find little sympathy, while some Buddhists, for example, are sometimes seen as fellow travelers by non-theists.

Great crowds were flocking thither, attracted by the display of traditional costumes in the procession; most of them were people who had little sympathy with the Christian religion.

But even in the prime of its politicking, for instance in the fabled 1960s, no survey showed general sympathy for the pronouncements made by leaders, and there was little congruence between lay (and sometimes local pastoral) opinion and what was being said at conventions or in commissions.

Profoundly moved by the wisdom of nonviolent resistance, editors reported on, analyzed and theologized about all the events of these years, from Montgomery to Little Rock to the sit - ins to the freedom riders, with considerable interest and always accompanied by profound expressions of respect and human sympathy.

Manchester United manager David Moyes has little sympathy for his Premier League counterparts getting wound up by the timing of transfer bids — becaus -LRB-...)

But there was little sympathy outside of Africa for the AU's position and ultimately Gbagbo was arrested by French servicemen (France being the former colonial power of that country).

moments, and it works very well, but don't walk into it thinking you're getting It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, because the show packs a heavy emotional punch as well; I found myself feeling genuine compassion and sympathy for Grace and Frankie, and was even a little misty - eyed by the end of the pilot, as anger, resentment, and bitterness gave way to cautious optimism.

There's a little bit of farcical spoof humor in place as well, with Django's strut now accompanied by contemporary soundtrack rhymes from Rick Ross, with the irreverent sass - talk of Samuel L. Jackson's postmodern Sambo as Candie's reliable assistant Stephen, clouding the audience's sympathies.

Director Oliver Stone leaves little mystery as to his sympathies, portraying Edward Snowden broadly as a hero, an opinion shared by millions who feel the former National Security Agency contractor's leaked information cast much needed sunlight on the surveillance state.

Having said all that, Max is actually quite an irritating spoilt little blackguard at the best of times and there can be little sympathy for him as he rallies against his home life; after all it is quite a normal life and he has a cushy number there pushing the viewer to annoyance at what he has to rage against, and that really he should be disciplined by having his Wii taken off him and no cookies for a week.

Instead of man being the dominant species, this world is ruled by superior apes who have little sympathy for Homo Sapiens.

I have sympathy for those who are burned by poor editors, but frankly, a little bit of research, asking the right questions, and you end up with good one.

I have a measure of sympathy for the argument put by some people (e.g. Pielke Jr, who's an excellent commentator) that the issue of the impact of 2xCO2 receives little illumination from hockey stick debates.

Research commissioned by the Lowitja Institute in 2015 showed that, despite the myth of little sympathy for offenders among the general public — a situation that is often exploited by politicians to perpetuate punitive policies — citizens are open to the idea of alternatives to incarceration, and to the provision of better services and programs that address the social, cultural and economic determinants of crime.