But his New Orleans chronicle was an end in itself, a sympathetic, insightful record of a culture he loved.
Barclays spokesman Michael O'Toole admitted the bank is very keen to woo Britain's gays and lesbians by portraying itself as sympathetic to gays' desire for equality.
On the other hand, The Hurt Locker is a very persuasive movie, an important grown-up piece of work that makes Avatar look babyish by comparison, especially as the film itself is so sympathetic to the American fighting man.
This makes sense given that fully autonomous vehicles are indeed lurking much further down the road, involving far greater levels of complexity across the board — from the tech itself to a sympathetic and supportive regulatory landscape.
"It's rebranding itself as a sympathetic movement that doesn't necessarily vilify people, but is there to help them heal," she said.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee assured itself extra publicity and sympathetic headlines across Europe today when, in awarding the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize to Jimmy Carter, it suggested that it was also sending a political message criticizing the Bush administration's policy towards Iraq.
The day after the Vienna deal, Netanyahu's reaction to the Iran talks dominated the Israeli media as much as the deal itself, with even usually sympathetic rightwing commentators cautioning against continuing a battle with the Obama White House they believe the Israeli prime minister cannot win.
But they need to be driven by sympathetic public opinion, itself shaped by innovative social institutions experimenting with practical ways of delivering fairness.
While President Michel Martelly described Beauvoir's passing as a "great loss for the country", the government itself wasn't always so sympathetic, with Vodou officially outlawed until 1934.
