"It feels like we don't have roots, " he says, then adds that it feels like China has "grown up so fast" over the last decade.
Her fingerpicked guitar lines and delicate melodies have roots in traditional folk, but given a choice, her songs always choose the overgrown, lesser-worn paths that lead in unexpected directions.
Militias, some of which have roots in the rebel groups that fought Gadhafi, have besieged government offices in Tripoli to pressure parliament to adopt an expansive version of the law.
An astonishing number of ideas and scientists, as well as most of San Diego's 499 biotech and medical device companies, have roots in UCSD or places like Scripps and Salk.
Some might contend that black players are more likely to have roots in the south and midlands, and so might accept lower wages in order to play close to home.
The Eagles, built with lightly recruited players from the Southeast who live in beachfront dormitories, actually have roots in a place quite familiar to anyone who has ever followed college basketball: the Big Ten Conference.
In fact, all social roles seem to have roots in the family, and several are magnified at work: A supportive coworker becomes the office mom, competing associates begin to act out sibling rivalries, and a leader may play the part of workplace patriarch.
Many Alsatians have German roots, and so do the traditions at the Christmas market.
Historically, the practice of biting into metal seems to have its roots in money counterfeiting.
The fibre composite materials have their roots in the world of Formula 1, among other areas.
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These holidays have their roots in miracles that took place thousands of years ago.
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They may find synthetic ways of manufacturing their products, but essentially they have their roots in nature.
Not for nothing does the word credit have its roots in the Latin word credere, to believe.
Unemployment, sadly, may thus have deep roots, with more people this time remaining out of work for longer.
Security researchers have found clues that suggest Duqu and Flame may have their roots in the same initiative.
My husband was born in Algeria and will always have those roots, all of his family are still there.
Many bankers working in London, Dubai and Singapore have their roots in India.
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Frank Ellis and his family have deep roots there, a former state senator and the county attorney for a half-century.
Many of its people have their roots in eastern Europe, and the Roman Catholic church is strong in the area.
Medicare reforms based on choice and competition have their roots in the Clinton administration's bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare.
No one is certain that this spring's green shoots will not likewise be nipped in the bud--or prove to have sturdier roots.
Now he has called on his party to stop co-operating with Herri Batasuna in local councils, where the extremists have strongest roots.
On the one hand, many Latinos are not only citizens but have deeper roots in what is now America than many Anglos do.
Several historians, when confronted with the question, speculated that the basketball bracket could have its roots in another organizational art form: the family tree.
This is especially true for multinational companies that have diverse roots.
The Cultural Space of Palenque de San Basilio encompasses social, medical and religious practices as well as musical and oral traditions, many of which have African roots.
Zombies, as folklore and religious belief, have their roots in the Vodun religion, most likely in Haiti, where there is a still a strong belief in them.
Colombia's current troubles have their roots in what is called The Violence, a senseless, murderous civil conflict that raged from 1948 to 1958, killing more than 200, 000 people.
Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea all are faced with complex -- and hugely expensive -- financial crises that in most cases have their roots in bloated banking industries.
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