As for the BBC's coverage, you'd think the whole of America was populated with Elvis impersonators from Las Vegas.Maggie McGirr Greenwich, ConnecticutThought about food yet?SIR – Your article on the spread of genetically modified crops noted that in Europe, opposition to GM food "remains as strong as ever" ("Taking root", February 27th).
The project took root several years ago, when Mayor Paul V. Pontieri Jr., looking for a way to give Patchogue a new identity, contacted Artspace.
Perhaps this is to be the year of dramatic change, uncertainty and anxiety that failed to take root last year.
There have been several such blasts since the revolt against the government of President Bashar al-Assad took root last March.
The thought that this was more than just a passing eccentricity began to take root several months later, when we moved over here.
The idea for the demonstration took root three months ago in Selma, Ala., after a commemoration of the 1965 civil rights march there, said Benjamin Todd Jealous, the president of the N.A.A.C.P., who met there with the Rev. Al Sharpton and George Gresham, president of 1199 S.E.I.U.
Usually the audience ignores the spots, but one highlighting Brookfield Office Properties, the owner of the park where Occupy Wall Street took root last year, has led to a nascent protest by a small group of filmmakers and their supporters.
The insurrection took root this spring in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, based in San Francisco and the largest of the nation's 12 regional circuits, covering 9 Western states and two territories.
But it has also been a time of pleasant surprises, as other residents try to learn more about an unfamiliar religion that has taken root 7,220 feet above sea level.
Fixing this ought to be among the first priorities of a new government.Dig deeper: A discredited ruling party faces its greatest electoral test yet (Jan 2015 Electionn fraud means genuine democracy has been slow to take root (Jan 2015) A former dictator is a better choice than a failed president (Jan 2015).
