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It would serve LIBERALS well to realize the root word in "Sympathetic" is PATHETIC!
Elizabeth Edwards: I expect a paternity test on Hunter's child 2009
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'Sympathetic' characters, shown with traditionally tiny, triangular Manga-style noses and light complexion, and the Pharisees, shown with large hooked and bulbous noses and swarthy complexions, typically depicted as angry, vindictive or violent.
Talk To Action 2009
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"Sympathetic," she exclaimed; "my dear, I'm the soul -- the very soul of sympathy; but where's the use of wasting emotion?
Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World L. T. Meade 1884
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Sympathetic biographer Liza Mundy writes, “Michelle frequently deplores the modern reliance on test scores, describing herself as a person who did not test well.”
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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The notorious drum circle was also in full voice.5.30pm: Sympathetic graphic designers have produced a poster that explains the otherwise impenetrable legal arguments played out in court today.
Occupy Wall Street: Zuccotti Park re-opens - as it happened 2011
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'Sympathetic' Word of the day ... that's a big word!
Ashing about Lent? Ideas from traditional to ... Snooki? 2011
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Sex and the City and Sympathetic Characters on 22 May 2010 at 6: 40 am Lydia Sharp
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Sympathetic to both sides, "Haifa" went through much wrangling to arrive in Washington, and that may well be the reason to see it.
The world's a stage as theaters spotlight Middle East Post 2011
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Sympathetic Whites had to be shocked into reality by the force of an explosion signaled to them that the war had begun.
Mark Juergensmeyer: Why Breivik Was A Christian Terrorist Mark Juergensmeyer 2011
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Sympathetic though I am personally to the argument, my experience (admittedly 30 years ago) with the French suggests to me that, as far as most Frenchpeople are concerned, they wouldn't agree.
Over-worked or Over-taxed?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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