They have grown organically, sending out tendrils that run deep and are difficult to uproot.
Short-termism, he continued, is difficult to uproot because it is driven by greed, fear and the desire for instant gratification.
I ask her if it is difficult to uproot, and she admits that her husband has to do the lion's share of child-care.
Foreign energy companies with existing operations in North Africa might be hard to uproot.
There may not have been other choices for the Maya Lin installation, an arrangement of bushes that the artist viewed as "site-specific" and would be difficult to replicate elsewhere, but to uproot it and haul it to the dump, despite the $340,000 paid to her.
The military figure has openly admitted that some men in his unit "are interested in their historical roots," though this may be difficult to understand for more modern, "uprooted" nations such as the United States.
It may also be difficult to make clear decisions at such an emotional and dangerous time, particularly if children are involved who may have been uprooted from home and school.
Like American settlers heading west, Israeli colonists in the West Bank are the beneficiaries of their very own Homestead Act, and they will be equally difficult to uproot.
Fatalism, along with fear, is a perception that is formed for a long time through one's sociocultural context and it is too difficult to uproot within the limitations of a 3-year project.
But fear, and the awful deeds that fear inspires, are hard to uproot.
