On "My So-Called Life," Angela Chase's parents seemed to be slowly spiraling into serious marital troubles, with her mother's anxious nature portrayed with sympathy instead of contempt.
As winning names and numbers are called, Guggenheim cuts back and forth among the anxious families, and I was torn between sympathy for them and annoyance at the filmmakers for creating a conventional kind of nail-biting suspense.
At the other end of Warwick Road, past a tree decked with flowers and a card expressing sympathy for the flood victims, anxious people are crowding the office of Bullman Property Management in search of temporary homes.
This happened in the middle act, where Joyce as a fussing emcee made it perfectly clear where his sympathies lay – with the paying customers anxious for the resumption of the bingo.
His Gustad is a man who without undergoing a dramatic transformation -- he is consistently anxious, temperamental and mistrustful -- nonetheless manages to win our sympathy.
There were declarations of sympathy for the victims from both Israelis and Palestinians, as well as anxious telephone calls to friends and relatives in the United States.
I take occasion to express the sympathy of the house to all who have suffered bereavement or who are still anxious.
