1.   Also, Republicans who took control of both houses of Congress in the November elections have been more sympathetic than Democrats to increased defense spending.

2.   At the same time, he sounded more sympathetic than critical, comparing its efforts to the effort by the United States spent to try Timothy McVeigh.

3.   A jury pool from Middlesex County, which has a generally upscale population, is likely to be less sympathetic than most to tobacco firms, legal analysts say.

4.   His pals are more sympathetic than funny.

5.   Ms. Rivlin and Meyer are judged by some economists to be slightly more sympathetic than Greenspan to arguments that inflation is a diminished threat.

6.   Played with understated melancholy by Karloff, the Creature was far more sympathetic than most horror monsters.

7.   Recently Pulecio turned to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whom she described as more sympathetic than Colombian officials.

8.   State and local governments, meanwhile, tend to be more sympathetic than the FCC toward the regional Bell companies, which are big local employers and taxpayers.

9.   The animals are more sympathetic than the humans, but also flatter.

10.   The Clinton administration has sounded more sympathetic than most of its European allies to the unfanatical, western-minded Muslims who are being slaughtered by Serbs in Bosnia.