"In the past, relations between Singapore and Malaysia were a bit chaotic," said Mr. Tan of Kinderworld.
Mrs. Hubbert told Jane that she knows of her past relations with David.
In the past, relations between the Army and residents have been fraught with distrust.
One hopeful sign is something that alarms conservatives: Mr. Trump's friendly past relations with Democrats.
But despite these ghosts of the past, relations between the countries are increasingly directed towards the future.
"But the United States must not expect Iran to cooperate in a military attack -- considering our past relations".
Ghia Nodia, a leading Georgian political analyst, said it was not yet clear which path Russia would take in its relations with Georgia, whose past relations with Russia have been, in the words of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, "very complicated".
Some analysts, pointing to Mr Pawar's hostile past relations with Congress, foresee troubles ahead at the centre, as smaller parties, such as his, dream of a "third front" coalition without either of the two big parties.
Admiral Cosgriff said that, in the past, relations with the regular Iranian Navy had been courteous and professional, and that many interactions at sea with the Revolutionary Guards vessels have been normal.
Iran, of course, repeatedly asserts its commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), but its past relations with AQ Khan – the self-proclaimed "godfather" of Pakistan's nuclear-weapons programme, and the world's most notorious nuclear proliferator – invites scepticism.
