Washington Mutual is the latest blowup in a checkered history of savings and loan disasters.
Even with its failed model and checkered past, the bank is sitting on 8.9 percent capital.
Both have checkered marital histories, but the voters are rewarding one candidate and reviling the other.
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Gearheads - this is the checkered flag of a new race about to begin.
In any case, scientists have, let us say, a checkered record in this regard.
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The U.S. has had a checkered history with South Korea on the issue of nuclear weapons.
She wore a pair of grubby sneakers, dark sporty slacks and a checkered shirt.
When the checkered flag waves Sunday, the future of F1 in this country should become clearer.
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The house has a retro black-and-white checkered kitchen, a gym, sound proofed walls and private gardens.
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Late in last year's Nascar season Richard Petty was facing the final checkered flag of his legendary career.
Two corner from the checkered flag Glock slipped and allowed Hamilton to pass and return to fifth position.
Stoner took a lead he maintained to the checkered flag, closely followed home after a thrilling duel by Pedrosa.
But in the end, he hung on to take the checkered flag and win the championship with a tie-breaker.
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The last driver to earn the Daytona 500 pole and take the checkered flag was Dale Jarrett in 2000.
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Southeast Asia's checkered history of political instability is also a concern, some say.
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The guests ate hot dogs and hamburgers, along with some gourmet fare, on picnic tables covered in red checkered linens.
The Daytona crash began as the field approached the checkered flag and leader Regan Smith attempted to block Brad Keselowski.
But with the checkered flag in his sights, Clark's car ran out of fuel and he had to settle for third.
Kennedy, 66 years old, has a checkered past beyond these incidents.
Indeed, he said the Medicare anti-kickback law and its checkered history "invite" lawyers to find legally creative ways for hospitals to comply.
Wondir is the latest in a long and checkered history of attempts to tap collective knowledge to answer questions over the Web.
"He's got this very checkered past where he has had problems with the law, " said Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report.
Clearly the checkered flag isn't all that is at stake in Austin.
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This requires a red-checkered tablecloth (try the dollar stores) and candles (a few tea light candles in mason jars will do the job).
Three once-living, now-stuffed pigs sit on little wooden chairs, red-checkered napkins tied around their throats, real knives and forks tied to their hooves.
In hindsight, the well-polished checkered tile floor and pristine, clear glass display cabinets should have alerted me that this was no ordinary gelati joint.
Despite Mandell's checkered record, his companies have attracted a slew of illustrious former politicians and government officials to advise and sit on their boards.
And I was in a 1970s station wagon, orange and white checkered taxi, and I come in from Amman, Jordan, it's about 14 hours.
He questions the premise of a recent ProPublica investigation into how some docs who do paid speeches for big pharma have checkered pasts.
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