These attacks stemmed from his deep roots in his constituency, the national seat fifth most dependent on agriculture and fishing.
The terrain clearly belonged to Mr. Romney, considering his deep roots in the state where his father served as governor.
Yet perhaps because of his deep roots here, a Romney loss in Michigan could be particularly tough to recover from.
His deep roots in the east colour much of his writing with references and places at once familiar and exotic.
Now that Mr. Paterson is governor, his deep roots on Long Island bode well for critical issues here, local politicians say.
But more important are his deep roots in the community and the years he has spent engaging his neighbors on problems like prostitution and graffiti.
In that capacity, he now becomes acting president.Mr Kaczynski, like his brother, was known for personal integrity and his deep roots in Poland's anti-communist opposition movement.
Despite his deep roots in a Conservative Party that has "prison works" as a central mantra, Ken Clarke has described last summer's riots as the "legacy of a broken penal system" and acknowledged that Britain's high re-offending rates are scandalous.
Mr. Leahy also cited his deep roots in Vermont, a state with a long tradition of political independence, and where Mr. Leahy takes pride in being the only Democrat ever elected to the Senate.
And while nothing has changed — not his deep roots in the farmland here, not his degree from an evangelical Christian university founded by Jerry Falwell, not his fondness for hunting or his pride in the bear pelt from one of his kills — everything has.
Many Israelis, in other words, no longer have the religious background necessary to grasp all of Agnon's meanings, while the highly religious are unlikely to read a writer who, for all his deep roots, is unmistakably ironic, unsettling, and thoroughly modern.
