He's sympathetic to our plan.

James was depicted as a Catholic sympathiser, presiding over a corrupt court.

President Barack Obama is presumably sympathetic to openness in trade.

But that would ignore that Bush was playing to a receptive audience.

The company was run by a liberal Jew, Lazar Sidelsky, who was sympathetic to the ANC's cause.

Why don't we vote for people in our government based on compassion, so that we can have a more caring world?

Fortunately for Assange, a sympathetic president was willing to throw him a lifeline as he floundered in the treacherous waters of international law.

Mr. Buttimore (Observer for Ireland) said that his delegation had some sympathy with the point of view expressed by the representative of Italy but endorsed the comment by the representative of the Secretariat.

Here, there must be synergy of great minds and principled commitments to help the Somali people overcome their political and human debacle rather than assuming a pathetic or passive attitude.

Compounding these concerns is evidence that Japanese public opinion is sympathetic toward the positions that Abe has taken or seems to favor.

Watanabe is thus the equivalent of a Holocaust denier, but, unlike his German counterparts, he easily draws large and sympathetic audiences.

The first such case was likely that of Peter Berchet, a young Protestant, who felt that he had to kill the royal councilor Christopher Hatton, also a Protestant, whom Berchet believed to be a Catholic sympathizer.

I am personally sympathetic to Scotland s independence as a way to bolster Scottish democracy and cultural identity. Yet I support independence only on the assumption that Scotland and the RUK would remain part of a strong and effective EU and NATO.

Mr. Iosifov (Russian Federation) wondered whether it was feasible to include additional agenda items at a time when the Organization was making intensive efforts to streamline the work of the General Assembly, but was sympathetic to the reasons for the proposal.

Fortunately for Assange, a sympathetic president was willing to throw him a lifeline as he floundered in the treacherous waters of international law. Unfortunately for the movement that he represents, this also means that even the quintessential anarchist journalist, now holed up in Ecuador s embassy in London, needs the protection of a state.