"When companies do this, it is usually to correct a past problem," he said.

When somebody says, 'We don't want to use him because he had this past problem,' guess what?

The day was too fine to sully by thinking of past problems.

Republican leaders concede past problems but say that things are changing.

"I'm being a very good boy," he said when asked about past problems.

They knew it would be a tough sell in Washington, given their past problems.

Complacency, he said, was a big part of past problems.

What happened today was not symptomatic of his past problems.

Most patients rarely find out about a doctor's past problems.

All the past problems have been resolved, which we are very pleased about.