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See: basis, bloodline, cause, derivation, determinant, embed, establish, reason ROOT. That part of a tree or plant under ground from which it draws most of
its nourishment from the earth.
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statutes, for instance, he might spearhead root-and-branch changes in the treatment accorded defenseless foreigners, especially Guatemalans, in his own country. Slack describes how, and goes a long way toward explaining why, aspirations for a root-and-branch reformation of the body politic and of the moral lives and material well-being of its members, so important to social policy in early and mid-sixteenth century, gave way over time to more specific programs for the improvement of social conditions and the regulation of unwanted social behavior. But where Clinton's realism is reluctant and grudging, Steel's is root-and-branch. |
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