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It was unclear how large a bloc they might form, but they could prove sympathetic to the familiar mantra of stability-above-all that the ruling military is putting forward.

Faced with lawsuits by 31 cities and counties, the nation's gun companies have broken off settlement negotiations, deciding to rely on their chances that state judges will prove sympathetic or that victory in November will go to George W. Bush.

A16 Gun Companies Change Tack Gun companies have broken off settlement talks in suits by 31 cities and counties in hope that judges will prove sympathetic or that victory in November will go to the apparent Republican presidential nominee, George W. Bush, who as governor of Texas has been a staunch defender of the industry and gun owners.

Even if the human side of these stories doesn't prove sympathetic, the financial impact might: These two cases cost taxpayers $24,739.

Mr. Botstein and Mr. Podkorytov proved sympathetic collaborators.

Lawmakers in some jurisdictions have proved sympathetic to those arguments.

But even her most dogged critics in Trenton say Mrs. Whitman has often proved sympathetic to the environmental cause when she took a direct interest in a divisive issue.

The Republican platform embodied the views of the alliance on a number of issues, including abortion, school prayers, gun control, and the need for military superiority; the Party also dropped its past commitment to the E.R.A. Though the organizers had initially favored John Connally to win the Presidential nomination, Reagan had proved sympathetic to many of their causes.

But as Soe Myint had known, the Indian government was sympathetic to the Burmese opposition, and the nation proved sympathetic to the two student hijackers.

Barúa proved sympathetic to the settlers and hostile to the Jesuits; he sent letters to the Jesuits threatening to investigate claimed abuses of the mission Indians, and also wrote the Viceroy with similar concerns about the Jesuit missions.

Israeli fears that a Republican president, especially a former Texas oilman, would prove more sympathetic to the Arab world than a Democrat, were offset by other strategic concerns.