1.   Asked why he cares so much about Africa, Carter immediately cites his Southern roots.

2.   But Barnes longed for his Southern roots.

3.   But like other oil companies, Texaco is very much a product of its predominately southern roots.

4.   He stayed but missed his southern Florida roots.

5.   Highsmith considered herself a Northerner with Southern roots, and a nomadic life awaited her.

6.   Her chivalrous boyfriend, whose voice and easy manner bear traces of his Southern roots, grows agitated when his firecracker-lobbing damsel is attacked.

7.   I love my Southern roots.

8.   Isaacson, a native of New Orleans, is a political maven who loves to play up his down-home Southern roots.

9.   Just as the comic turned his Southern roots into fodder for commercial success, Favre has been able to use his background to his advantage.

10.   Janice Powell, of Evans, Colo., said her jackpot was an opportunity for her to change scenery and return to her Southern roots.