1.   This is an unusual building with a checkered history.

2.   Among the busiest derivatives brokers in Ohio was James Winter, who has had a checkered history in the industry.

3.   An article in Business Week magazine last month chronicled the checkered history of a chief executive who had a sex-change operation.

4.   After his election, Bush appointed John Ashcroft, who has a checkered history with black Missourians, as attorney general.

5.   But he would like to see a variety of alternatives for students who have a checkered academic history.

6.   But some analysts say it is precisely his checkered history that makes him credible.

7.   But the tango has refused to die throughout its checkered history.

8.   During its checkered history, it has belonged to Flanders, Burgundy, Austria, Spain, France and the Netherlands.

9.   For a city that has had a checkered history of supporting soccer as a spectator sport, could these events be a major turning point?

10.   GHB has a checkered history, however.