Sentences with phrase «more sympathetic hearing»

Opponents of teacher tenure had hoped for a more sympathetic hearing from the state high court.

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A tearful Randy Weaver was given a more than sympathetic hearing by the same committee, which in turn castigated the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI for their actions at Ruby Ridge.

One's view of the later - term fetus, however, is more a matter of what might be called sympathetic identification — seeing the image of a recognizable human infant and, now, hearing from the experts exactly what it takes to «terminate» its existence.

It's one thing to hear that from someone who's always been the authority figure; it's another to hear that from someone who has usually been more supportive and sympathetic.

A congressionally mandated committee is holding public hearings on the issue, a series of recent symposia have focused attention on the small number of female researchers, and faculty women and sympathetic male colleagues around the country are debating the matter more openly with administrators (Science, 11 June, p. 1757).

You may want to find out more about them and decide to call as soon as possible, to hear the sympathetic voice behind the emails.

I would have appreciated hearing more from the less sympathetic characters such as Gloria & Maura.