1.   The country is reluctant to confront its violent past.

2.   Conner is an ex-cop with a violent past who is plagued by an incident that left her charged with first-degree murder.

3.   Consistently low public support for Japanese military involvement abroad remains the best guarantee against a return to a violent past.

4.   Female boxer uses the sweet science to reconcile her violent past.

5.   Far from making apologies for his violent past, Wunram, an unemployed carpenter, considers himself a victim of circumstances.

6.   He has told her about his violent past.

7.   He speaks with a blunt candor, gravely recounting his violent past, bragging of his days as a happy drunk.

8.   Holiday probably wanted future generations to overlook his violent past.

9.   Lady Emily Marlowe lived in a pampered world of silence, shattered by the return of her long-lost love and the violent past he carries with him.

10.   Parnham also asked whether Yates had a violent past or a history of breaking the law.