He began to proudly identify himself as a Jew.

Stagg now resides in Brooklyn, and after ten years in the city proudly identifies herself as a New Yorker.

"Even if I die today, it doesn't matter," declared Enver Zhinipotoku, a gray-haired man who proudly identified himself as a professor of philosophy.

His supporters here drive cars with bumper stickers proudly identifying themselves as "Northern Barbarians."

A fast eye, a quick mind and a speedy shutter are essentials for a good street photographer, a breed of picture-taker with which Ms. Cherry proudly identifies.

In fact, they still proudly identify themselves as "Catholic Nochiyaye".

You proudly identify yourself as a "Brit", so aren't you ever even tempted to write a comment on an article about, say, Blighty?

I once proudly identified Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and myself as fellow New (conservative) Democrats.

"Here, we get water once a week, and our children are dehydrated in the summer," said a Villa mechanic who proudly identified himself as a Shining Path party member.

So too, many older Mexican-Americans refused to accept the term Chicano, instead proudly identifying themselves as Mexicano.