11.   But getting the attention of Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew, let alone winning the sympathy of anyone outside the school system, has proven no easy task.

12.   But it clearly won some sympathy this week for assailing the slow pace of land redistribution to the poor.

13.   But McCain won public sympathy, and a federal judge placed McCain and another candidate, Alan Keyes, on the Republican ballot in early February.

14.   But many constitutional scholars doubt that any of those arguments will win much sympathy if the law is tested before the Supreme Court.

15.   But the question is, was she trying to kill herself or just attempting to win some sympathy?

16.   But with a little effort, the models might be able to win sympathy here on their home turf as they struggle against the competition from Hollywood.

17.   Friendly package-bearing people in familiar UPS uniforms did win sympathy, but strikes in the public sector do not.

18.   He won the sympathy of France, Russia and China, all permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.

19.   In general, Lebanon has won little sympathy for its case.

20.   In Matamoros, a town bordering Texas, he said he won the sympathy of smugglers who agreed to arrange his passage for free.