1.   Baron already had a checkered record with the regulatory authorities when Bear Stearns took it on as a clearing customer.

2.   But assuming the money is approved, the task of spending it would fall to the School Construction Authority, an agency with a checkered record.

3.   Critics point out that the ministry has a checkered record on managing free markets.

4.   He is among several operators with checkered records, and his home is symptomatic of a system that is loosely regulated and licensed.

5.   If the Soviet leadership that ruled this country during much of the last century exhibited a checkered record at best, its new leaders can hardly claim better.

6.   Like Whitman, who vowed to defend the environment despite a checkered record as governor of New Jersey, Thompson said he is a reformed man at HHS.

7.   The university ultimately cited his checkered academic record for denying him admittance.

8.   When this checkered record is eventually held up to the light during a presidential campaign, Gore will have much to answer for.

9.   Pakistan has a checkered record in its conflicts with India, a much bigger country with a far larger military.

10.   Trimble has a checkered record of seeking compromise with the moderate Irish nationalist party in Northern Ireland, the Social Democratic and Labor Party.