11.   Harmonia axyridis has a checkered history in this country, and how it landed in the Northeast is far from clear.

12.   He leads a nation that not only identifies strongly with the Taliban, but also has a checkered history with the United States.

13.   Her story only adds a chapter to the checkered history of female political leaders in South Asia.

14.   Like Simpson, Blake was involved in a tumultuous and unconventional marriage with a blonde who battled her own demons and had a checkered history.

15.   Machines that use electromagnetism to defy gravity have a checkered history.

16.   Nomura, like Chiyoda, has a checkered history.

17.   Perched in an industrial area not far from the Major Deegan Expressway, the building has a checkered history.

18.   Russia clearly fascinates him, particularly because of its checkered financial history.

19.   Severance has had a more checkered acoustical history than its reputation suggests.

20.   Sewall has a checkered history, however, because he was a judge in the infamous Salem witch trials.