1.   Initially, Peter won the sympathy of a few board members with his critique of the program s academic standards.

2.   Once again, it struck you that an actor was more likely to win sympathy from an audience than a slack-jawed garrulous Balaclava.

3.   Surely it can not expect to win sympathy for its cause.

4.   Although he is enough of a bedeviled loser to win sympathy, he is also a thoroughly self-involved creature.

5.   Although that history of suppression has won fundamentalists sympathy from ordinary people, it is hard to imagine most Indonesians choosing to give up modernist and secular values.

6.   And Arafat is now winning sympathy from Palestinians, who say he is being bullied by Israel and the United States.

7.   And even though Stanwyck plays the part without ever trying to win our sympathy, we want her to succeed.

8.   Baugh sought to win sympathy for his client by charging that American military actions and economic sanctions against Iraq had caused the deaths of innocent children there.

9.   A couple of dramatic points won the sympathy of onlookers.

10.   After nearly a year, this latest Palestinian combination of street violence, sniping and suicide bombings has won little sympathy outside the usual circle of committed partisans.