1.   And it would answer some of the loud election-year criticism from Republicans in Congress that the Clinton administration has assembled a sorry record on security.

2.   Interestingly, United made the top five despite a sorry record of delays and cancellations last year.

3.   Several of them trashed some hotel rooms and broke furniture in the Olympic Village, soiling their sorry record with a final, inglorius Ugly American incident.

4.   The Rangers have historically been a better draw than their sorry overall record says they should be.

5.   These gangs already have a long list of mosques they would like to destroy, and the Hindu political parties have a sorry record of controlling their gangs.

6.   To defend this sorry record, Shell now insists that corporations must not meddle in affairs of state.

7.   Yet the United States has a sorry record of shilly-shallying, or plain obstruction, in the development of international law.

8.   Their rather sorry record, however, only shows how difficult it is to accurately predict and plan for urban development.

9.   Goran Ivanisevic continued his sorry Australian Open record going out in four sets to Italian Renzo Furlan in a rain-delayed third round match here Sunday.

10.   But prime ministerial support could be vital to that process because referendums have a sorry record in Australia.