Roots
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King Arthur as we know him is a creation of the later Middle Ages, but his legend actually has its
roots
in Celtic poetry from an earlier time: the Saxon invasions of Britain.
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They took the tapioca
roots
up to the kitchen, sliced them thinly and made delicious chips.
So these are little ordinary, everyday heroes, and they're incredibly admirable, but there's no way that they can sustain this kind of activity in the face of a system that either
roots
them out or grinds them down.
Roots
make a firm foundation.
And when you watch bonobo play, you're seeing the very evolutionary
roots
of human laughter, dance and ritual.
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