Israeli news reports quoted some ministers as saying local television coverage of the rally was overly sympathetic to the protesters.

The problem the White House faces is that House Republicans are not overly sympathetic to these arguments.

The corps is set to rule at a time when it is under fire for being overly sympathetic to massive construction projects.

Roger Neilson, the Ranger coach, conceded the ice was poor, but was not overly sympathetic.

They are in no mood to be overly sympathetic to the hotels' financial plight, either.

Masters was accused of being overly sympathetic to Nilsen at the time his book first appeared, a view he rejects in his memoir.

"That's an overly sympathetic spin on the story," said a longtime faculty member who insisted on anonymity.

Some conservative groups attacked the program as overly sympathetic to the North Vietnamese.

There is also an overly sympathetic slant when it comes to Central America and the Caribbean.