Japan's deeply rooted sense of egalitarianism will undoubtedly keep tax money flowing for years to come to hinterland villages like this one, where the number of fishermen has dropped in half, to 400, since 1985.

The source of this fragmentation was to be found particularly in the complexity of its institutions, the influence of the government or surrounding powers, and its very deeply rooted local sense of identity.

But in Suffolk County, where many residents have a deeply rooted sense of independence and a visceral mistrust of a government they feel is far too intrusive, the debate goes on.

Acts of personal vengeance reflect a biologically rooted sense of justice, they say, that functions in the brain something like appetite.

Americans have a very theologically rooted sense of nation.

Instead, urban and rural terrains have dissolved into fluid, loosely differentiated zones, connected by roads that provide access but not a rooted sense of place.

There is, primarily, a rooted, secure sense of family.

Their choice of a career in wildlife conservation is often motivated by an understanding of these ecological principles, a love of the outdoors, and a deeply rooted sense of the intrinsic value of wild creatures.

This was more the result of his deeply rooted sense of propriety than of any change of heart.

Ian Brown, the Briton who heads the center, says changing people's habits is difficult because of a deeply rooted sense of entitlement.