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.

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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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Money may be deposited first with a banker who is sympathetic to the cause.

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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.

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For instance, it could be that looking at females heightens sympathetic nervous system pathways which are associated with fight or flight impulses.

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Even if healthy people use them, we can be a little more sympathetic to those who fool a partner for a few hours than to those who fool history with chemically enhanced world records.

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