The image of the hapless dad has long roots in American pop culture.
But that is exactly the reason why Dell will be bolstered by going private, Michael Dell will go back to his scrappy roots with a long view.
The diplomacy of Israel's outgoing Labor Party government confirmed a lesson with long roots in Zionist history: Israel is unlikely over time to retain control over pieces of territory unless its people actually live there.
E-Trade traces its roots to 1982, long before the Web was invented.
Though Seattle and Portland are both pioneering liberal-minded cities with strong community roots, they have long traded jibes on non-sporting matters, such as the quality of their brew pubs, the hipster rating of their alternative music scenes and the potency of their single origin micro-roasted coffee.
Some plants are tricky to divide, such as those with long, single roots called tap roots that go deep into the ground.
W. Bush was an Eastern elite and much more Dewey than Taft, but he had long-time legit roots in Texas and ran as a Texan.
These are not the sorts of problems that Mr Del Pino, as the boss of a construction and infrastructure multinational that has long outgrown its Iberian roots, is used to dealing with.
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V. (how long ago was the miniseries Roots?), Tarantino is committing an act of conscience.
The roots of all this go back a long way, and to unexpected places.
In both cases, Islamist parties were able to convert name recognition and long-standing grass-roots organization into electoral victories.
Banner has come a long way from his humble roots.
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The asylum process takes so long that many applicants put down roots in Britain, marry and have children.
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It seemed he never put down any firm roots, renting accommodation and never staying anywhere long enough for neighbours to get to know him.
Great Britain's most successful Paralympian, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, said it was the long-term investment in grass roots activities that had led to Paralympic success.
Activist groups have long used Web sites, grass-roots email campaigns and videos to publicize their causes.
And Dr Agrawal is interested in using similar techniques to investigate the long-standing problem of taking square roots in finite fields (again, don't ask).
Glamorous Aspen has long since left behind its humble mining town roots, and housing prices reflect the influx of CEOs, Hollywood stars and wealthy jetsetters.
At the nexus of Europe and Asia, and with deep roots in the Muslim and Christian spheres, Turkey has long been a boiling pot -- and, occasionally, a target.
Instead of the "suicide impulse" of lobbying for more regulation, Silicon Valley should seek deregulation and a long-overdue freedom to return to its entrepreneurial roots.
Mr Deakin doesn't stay long enough in any one place to put down roots: halfway through the book he turns up in southern France, then the Pyrenees.
Even if Hollywood beckons, Ms. Herzog's roots are firmly in the theater, a community she has been long been a part of, even before she realized it.
It had long been known that criminals from the south had put down roots in the richest parts of the country.
He moved to Washington to attend court sessions, but he returned to his beloved roots in New Hampshire whenever possible, including for the court's long summer hiatus each year.
The hacker culture has long been engrained at Facebook, a multinational corporation that famously has roots in a Harvard dorm room.
There is no Catholic consensus, not even a Christian one: after a long debate the framers of the Eurozone decided not to mention the Christian roots of Europe, not even to acknowledge its historical influence.
If those here illegally are given an opportunity to legalize, it would most likely require them to show how long they've been in the United States and what kind of roots they've put down, he said.
The vines need a long, dry growing season for the grapes to ripen fully and for the roots to burrow deep and extract the mineral elements that add to the structure and flavor of the wines.
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