Sentences with phrase «with less sympathy»

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.

Not exact matches

The trick when it comes to increasing your empathy is to challenge yourself to see the perspective of those with whom you have less natural sympathy — perhaps even with your enemies.

I suspect a male with this proclivity would garner far, far less sympathy.

Despite my general sympathy with what Dreher seeks to do in this book, I am less enthusiastic about other facets of his argument.

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.

Adults can learn to cope with less sleep and babies need concern and sympathy no matter when they are in distress.

Previous research has also shown that men with high testosterone levels feel less sympathy or need to respond to the cries of a baby.

The sneering reply that Vince's contribution to the debate was simply «spreading alarm without substance» tells the audience outside Westminster why a Prime Minister, with an attitude like this to critics, ends up with so few friends in the House and, now that his pack of cards has come tumbling down around the voters» ears, even less sympathy outside.

What I came away with, to my deep surprise, was less of a sympathetic slant than something akin to actual human sympathy.

In one experiment, men with higher testosterone levels felt less sympathy and less need to respond to the sound of a crying baby.

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.

«One of Okja's great charms lies in its director's ability to vary tone, pacing, and style between scenes without losing the viewer's patience and sympathy... Okja is far from a brief on behalf of vegetarianism — Mija's favorite food, it's noted in one early scene, is chicken stew — but it leaves you with a vision of the capitalist food chain that's less than morally appetizing.»

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.

Sometimes Ritchie makes his simplistic points simplistically: past - it Barbie doll Feldon pushes her lonely, tendresse - starved husband away and we're left looking at the blue - green - lit TV dinners in her freezer (the word «frigid» is mercifully delayed till their next interview); Michael Kidd, as a gruffly sentimental directorial superstar engaged by the local Jaycees to stage the spectacular, watches the Antelope Valley girl turn an onstage fumble into a sympathy - inducing bonus and murmurs, «They learn fast» (a mere reaction - shot cut to him at this point would have verged on the excessive; the line kills any validity the moment might have had); a drummer (screenwriter Jerry Belson, no less) watches one contestant segue into a striptease whose impiications are hilariously ambivalent in the context of so much plastic puffery, then exchanges glances with the orchestra leader and gives his drumstick a ribald stroke.

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.

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.

Possibly a non-lawyer will have less sympathy with the profession and may drive the costs cutting exercise somewhat harder.

Additionally, even with representation by an excellent public defender, just as the rich may be viewed in a more favorable light, the poor or middle class defendant is generally less likely to generate the same sympathy from a judge or jury.

Tribe writes that he finds himself «in considerable sympathy with a good bit of what Eugene says» and reads the concurrence «less generously than Marty has read it.»

The poll meanwhile represents one of the largest to directly quiz the wider populus on Bitcoin sympathies, with the many focused on the cryptocurrency industry gathering positive yet comparatively less representative results.

A formal arrangement adds a sophisticated touch to a garden party, but less structured arrangements of simple blooms in containers such as jugs or jars will create an understated feel more in sympathy with the surroundings.