While parents like Plate sympathized with the Bauers, others said it would never happen to their kid.

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More or less alone in the Nixon circle, Moynihan understood that revolt and, strikingly, sympathized with it.

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Bloomberg said he sympathized with people upset about being stopped, but said the benefits were worth the hassle.

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She said she sympathized with some mothers, but not when they refuse to acknowledge what their child has done.

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West, who is also a former secretary of Veterans Affairs, sympathized with the difficulties commanders face when writing performance reviews.

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Philosophically, Romney sympathized with the personal-responsibility argument and not with the libertarians.

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That's because the French sympathized with the Confederacy, and Hispanics sided with the Union in its fight against slavery and elitism, Hayes-Bautista said.

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Receptionist MaKenzee Grove sympathized with the 50 or so people stranded at the hotel where she works in Guymon, about 60 miles east of Boise City.

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Though Gore said he sympathized with Yugoslav protesters who had taken over the parliament building and the state television network by evening in Belgrade, the incumbent vice president said U.S. troops should not be involved in the struggle for power.

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And he sympathized with me.

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