Sentences with phrase «with shallow roots»

I've never perceived anywhere as completely fabricated as New York: whenever I walk near the intersection of Broadway and Lafayette Avenue, the landscape reminds me of a film set, an entirely constructed surface with shallow roots, populated by character actors.
Puppy teeth are super sharp and very white, with shallow roots which are absorbed back into the surrounding tissue as the adult teeth push their way towards the gum.
More neutrally, Larry Cuban and Michael Usdan, in Powerful Reforms with Shallow Roots, noted that «continual conflicts made reforms slower and smaller bore than they could have been and had to be.»
They found that plants with shallow roots, for example mosses and liverworts, were the only survivors in extremely hot soil.

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This is shallow, reductive thinking, and again points to a somewhat irrational preoccupation among evangelicals with sexuality as the root of all that is evil or good.
Shallow roots provide technocrats and corporate managers with greater psychological freedom to glide along the surfaces of the increasingly global system of interlocking corporations, NGOs, philanthropies, and international institutions.
Place the apple and peeled ginger root in a saucepan with a shallow layer of fresh apple juice — bring to the boil before reducing heat to simmer for about 10 - 15 minutes, until the apple pieces are really soft.
Place the apple and peeled ginger root in a saucepan with a shallow layer of fresh apple juice — bring to the boil before reducing heat to simmer for about 10 - 15 minutes, until the apple pieces are
Directions for chicken marinade: Put the washed bunch of cilantro, including stems and roots, into food processor with garlic and peppercorns / Process until finely chopped / Add oyster sauce, soy sauce and oil / Process until combined / Place chicken in shallow glass baking dish / Brush all over with marinade / Cover with plastic wrap / Marinate at least 1 hour or overnight in refrigerator.
The original proposal of a 15 inch cap of borrow soil, with agricultural limestone and a bactericide below and revegetation by shallow - rooting plants was determined to be «inadequate,... at the least, an additional layer must be added that will act as a barrier for water, plant roots systems and burrowing animals».20 In response Cyprus - Amax proposed, in January 1995, a typical cap section which added a 30 - mil PVC liner overlaid by a geoweb drainage mat with a fabric cover below the 15 inch soil cap.
Annual crops have shallow roots and require continuous irrigation and fertilizer to provide the plant with sufficient nutrients.
Deep - rooted plants can grow with shallow, or tall plants with low - growing ones that needs shade, or slow - maturing plants that are fast - maturing.
In 1767, the Age of Enlightenment has only put down shallow roots in a culture with a rich, deep tradition of barbaric justice.
With much deeper roots and shallower groundwater — water limitation may be less of a problem.
An MRI taken at the request of Dr. Hershler demonstrated «mild changes consistent with facet joint arthropathy and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy at L3 / 4 and L5 ‑ S1 ″, as well as shallow posterior disc bulge with a «minimal central canal encroachment but... mild encroachment on the left L4 nerve root».
The latter sprout up quickly, as all softwoods do, then rot just as quickly, prior to being cut down, or collapsing of their own dead weight, and they thereafter serve to feed the quality aforementioned survivors with deep roots to boot (unlike the shallow - rooted, soft - wood ground surface feeders that lie dead), thus having their inferior pulp turned into fertilizer, which thereafter serves to nourish the stump - survivors, which continue to win the evolution sweepstakes.
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