Upstairs in his room, Keane bade farewell to a procession of largely sympathetic team-mates at the door of his hotel room.
Derided after a series of missed chances, he walked out on the squad, vowing he could never play for his country again, and was only persuaded back by sympathetic team-mates.
For those dying a slow and miserable death who yearn to hasten their departure, forgoing food and water may well be the best option available outside of Oregon, but only, as Estelle Gross's story demonstrates, if a sympathetic medical team stands ready to lend its support.
An engaging chronicle of the Dodgers' 1956 season, their next-to-last in Brooklyn, and a sympathetic defense of the team's owner, Walter O'Malley, whose unsuccessful quest for a new stadium ended with the team's departure for Los Angeles.
She gathered together a team of sympathetic film-makers, among them Bender and the director, Davis Guggenheim.
The perspectives he assembles -- some of them critical of the expedition team, some sympathetic -- turn the end of the book into a kind of kayaker's "Rashomon," rife with uncertainties: Was it a farce to turn the exploration of a spiritually significant place into a sports challenge?
A Jamaican bobsled fan launched a campaign on Crowdtilt to pool funds for the team from sympathetic fans and, before long, the startup got wind of the campaign, as did the team's president, Chris Stokes, and founding member of the original "Cool Runnings" team, Devon Harris.
I am sympathetic to the leadership team navigating some difficult terrain in the marketplace, but I needed to find an organization that's focused on its opportunities and clients, and a job that's about the future and what is possible.
Supported by UNICEF and the Indian Government, the project boasts a team of sympathetic taxi drivers who are available night and day in case of emergency.
And Brailsford has long advocated the need for British cyclists to compete for a professional team which is sympathetic to their Olympic ambitions.
Moynihan insisted he was "sympathetic to concerns" a British team would lead to demands for a similar side at the World Cup and European Championships.
