He traced his interest in the sport to an uncle who used to take him to saloons and plop him down on the pool table when he was 2.

The brothers trace their interest to their godmother in Budapest who played the piano.

"I come from a very musical family," he said, tracing his interest in the arts.

Mr. Keyes traced his interest in helping the poor to his experiences of growing up in relatively affluent circumstances amid extreme poverty.

A Ghostly Noise I trace my interest in the genealogy of our place to an October night shortly after we moved in.

As with many serious bird-watchers, Mr. Mott traced his interest in ornithology to early childhood.

Ms. Dunne traced her interest in opera to her father, a music lover who worked on Wall Street and died when she was 11.

Commentators in the Italian press have traced their country's avid interest in the story to a feeling of national shame over the crime.

Mr. Brownstein traced his interest in education and testing back to his childhood in Brooklyn, where he attended Public School 84.

Scores, perhaps hundreds, of progressive political activists in Arkansas trace their interest in public affairs to Fulbright and to his example.