Luda was about to answer with a sympathetic smile, but the smile died in midair.
So when reading the work of an ideological opponent, try to do so with a sympathetic eye.
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Meanwhile, the egg industry has used its influence with a sympathetic Congress to strike down financing for the Salmonella-tracking programme.
And so once again we are faced with a sympathetic, beaten Thomas Barrow, a man who has squandered all his good will, all his money, and now must leave Downton with no reference at all a perfect storm of misery and ruin into which the always compassionate John Bates inserts himself.
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MPs from all sides of the house have tabled amendments to the bill, with a group of Labour backbenchers sympathetic to the nationalist cause tabling a clause outlining their total opposition to it.
Despite his trademark irony, which could have been used to startling Weakest Link effect, he adopts a friendly, sympathetic tone with the contenders - again a departure from the original quizmaster and a nod to Millionaire's Chris Tarrant.
Money may be deposited first with a banker who is sympathetic to the cause.
Both men had made pioneering efforts to forge a dialogue with sympathetic Israelis.
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Then in March 1997 the scientists managed, with the help of a sympathetic deputy prime minister, Vladimir Fortov, to block the decree.
And I've said this over and over again, I'm actually sympathetic with a lot of people at the first line of decision making in the HMO.
The movie is a twist on the classic story, with the Sheriff of Nottingham cast as a sympathetic figure up against a not-so-heroic Robin Hood.
Even when Ed Sheeran incorporates hip-hop beats and discusses teenage pregnancy and homelessness, he does so with the sympathetic patter of a mate down the pub.
The American giants have arrived with fat checkbooks and are making sympathetic noises about localizing content, while a number of strong Asian players with big backing are giving them a run for their money.
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The city claimed the filmmakers had a "longstanding sympathetic relationship" with the men and had not acted not as independent reporters but as advocates.
While I am certainly sympathetic as a former governor with the issues that states must deal with as a result of illegal immigration, the onus is on Congress to pass an immigration plan.
However, with the increasing difficulties of dealing with a Central Bank under sanctions, even countries sympathetic to the Syrian regime have been unwilling to go through so much trouble just to acquire Syrian oil, which, to boot, is mostly a low-grade crude needing special refineries.
Nor does it rule out a sympathetic government choosing to treat artists with special consideration: Ireland does not tax them, for instance.
Veolia Environmental Services was the other firm fighting to run the incinerator, and whose spokesperson said it believed it was "sympathetic with the local environment and represented a unique opportunity to use the residual waste to provide a secure source of sustainable energy and heat to the neighbouring Tata Steel steelworks - a major source of employment in the area".
With the Dodgers sale, all club transactions will see a sympathetic uptick in value.
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Lewis Mighty was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2008, a childhood cancer which attacks the sympathetic nervous system.
In contrast, Leslie Ann Warren goes through the 1965 version with a smudged face that makes her look more slovenly than sympathetic.
And I believe that a jury would be sympathetic to any person charged with perjury for dancing around questions put to them that demanded an admission of marital infidelity -- that is, unless the case -- the answers were essential to the resolution of a very substantial claim.
In the years since their first conversation, during the Compaq acquisition, Keyworth and Kawamoto had spoken often by telephone, and he had found her to be a sympathetic listener, especially while his wife was ill with terminal cancer.
Ms. Mirren gets exactly the stability-conferring character of the sympathetic but un-touchy-feely "postage stamp with a pulse" monarch.
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Mr Walmsley said his officers will provide a professional and sympathetic response to victims and will work closely with the local media.
Dick Cheney, George W. Bush's running mate, provoked the anger of many Republican activists last week when he took a gentle, even sympathetic line on gay relationships, during his televised debate with his Democratic opponent, Joe Lieberman.
'' Against her wishes, he plots to rip off a trio of evil farmers, and the film turns into a modly surreal, underground-burrowing heist yarn, with Clooney as self-mockingly sympathetic as he is in the Ocean's films.
This means that we women tend to react and moderate our pricing strategy based on (1) our relationship with the client and the desire to maintain a positive relationship, and (2) how sympathetic we find the client to be.
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However, in other cases, perhaps with less sympathetic claimants, it would be perfectly acceptable for respondents to return the volley with a withering salvo of counterclaims.
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