1.   Greg had a troubled childhood.

2.   At times brutally honest, Sexton traces his troubled childhood with a young, naive mother and a distant, once-imprisoned father.

3.   But he talks with pride of the invisible ones -- those who have escaped troubled childhoods, the ones who now have college degrees and secure jobs.

4.   Confidants of Clinton have suggested that he may have been drawn to Lewinsky, as a friend, because of her troubled childhood.

5.   Drawn from a troubled childhood shared with a pal, Robert Lachenay, it also established Truffaut as among the most personal of filmmakers.

6.   For Vargas, who grew up in Oxnard, Calif., boxing has been the compass that has directed his life, providing an escape from a troubled childhood.

7.   For more than two decades, Rachel Cooke of Louisburg, Kan., told almost no one the full story of her troubled childhood.

8.   I could blame it on a troubled childhood, except that it was carefree and full of fun.

9.   In Bowman, Jupin saw a girl from a troubled childhood whose long-dormant sense of self-esteem had just begun to blossom, according to police reports.

10.   It sounded like a preview of one of those pleas to save a guy from the death penalty based on his troubled childhood.