For me, the check marks the end of an unhappy history that began in 1971 when I was a 20-year-old college student.

Indian boarding schools have had an unhappy history in America.

If other nations resist American leadership today, part of the reason lies in this unhappy history.

Congo's current disorder grows directly out of a long, unhappy history.

Initial public offerings have a short, generally unhappy, history here.

Some people went so far as to suggest a comparison with an earlier military action that had an unhappy history: the war in Vietnam.

Given the river's unhappy history of exploitation, they continue to look at the Hudson and see a river in peril.

The unhappy history of the equal rights amendment offers some insight.

A. Our country has had an unhappy history with race.

Human bias has a long, unhappy history in scientific research.