But in the Supreme Court today, their argument got a distinctly unsympathetic reception, not that the justices gave an easy ride to the government's advocate either.

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The defense revealed inconsistencies in the testimony of the current accuser when he took the stand, and the teen's younger brother was a surly and unsympathetic witness.

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And Hoffman takes an unsympathetic character and imbues him with a tunnel vision and an egotism that are equally touching and appalling.

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In all, his chosen roles amount to a rogues' gallery of unsympathetic predators.

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Few things can hurt a brand's word-of-mouth like a rude hotel desk clerk, a high-pressure stockbroker or a perpetually late airline with unsympathetic flight attendants.

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It is always dangerous to try to read the mind of a federal judge, but Kaplan seemed unsympathetic to many of the arguments put forward by lawyers representing Campos and Elie, peppering them with tough questions and openly disagreeing with some of their points.

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Wary of alarming the many Egyptians, Christians, secularists or unsympathetic fellow Muslims who fear the Brotherhood, its spokesmen say it will neither run a candidate for the next presidency nor seek a parliamentary majority.

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You may have some inkling of compassion, because it's a human being in a very wretched state of existence, but I think they're unsympathetic to the extent that, historically, we have not put any kind of public resource at their disposal to help change their lives.

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