To make matters worse, the Caribbean's record of economic growth has been mediocre.

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That matters as India tries to improve a dismal record of building military hardware.

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That any traces at all remain from so long ago is astounding, and anyway it is not the completeness of the fossil record but its consistency that matters.

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After all, Facebook's record on privacy matters is as chequered as the flag that marks the end of a Formula One race.

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Responding to the debate, Environment Minister Alex Attwood, said the official record of the debate would be "interrogated" in order to address the matters that had been raised.

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Morningstar bases its reviews on such matters as the relationships between directors and fund firms, quality of shareholder reports and each firm's regulatory record to see if it has run afoul of regulators in the past three years.

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Earl Howe said the best thing was to "reflect further on these matters in a spirit of co-operation" and his opposition counterpart Baroness Thornton agreed, highlighting "a record on this bill of cross-House discussions involving all the people with an interest and expertise in matters relating to it".

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However, Francis' record appears to indicate there will be no real changes where it matters -- on the status of women, power-sharing, sexual ethics -- and thus huge numbers of Catholics will remain alienated.

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