(When I was growing up, in Dorchester, a few miles away, people from Braintree and nearby towns used to joke that they were O.F.D., originally from Dorchester, with a distinctly Bostonian nostalgia — proud to be from there, but also proud to have left).
But despite 75% of Canadians living 100 miles (or fewer) from our northern border, they're proud of their distinctly non-American national identity and don't regard us with particular envy – ever, not only when we're in dire circumstances.
Anyhow, Edwina matured as an artist on American soil, and we're proud of her distinctly feminist artistic input.
Rome in the 4th century remained nonetheless a distinctly conservative and pagan city dominated by proud senatorial families.
"We have to do both, I think there's a national interest case and there is a distinctly Labour case and we should be proud of both".
(When I was growing up, in Dorchester, a few miles away, people from Braintree and nearby towns used to joke that they were O.F.D., originally from Dorchester, with a distinctly Bostonian nostalgia proud to be from there, but also proud to have left).
But the type of investing he does is, as one person who knows him well said, "distinctly downmarket" for a boutique investment bank with a proud European heritage.
Lebowitz was proud that the organization had retained a distinctly different feel from, and approach to work than, traditional advertising agencies, and Lebowitz and his colleagues wanted to maintain these intangible elements as the company evolved.
And although 30 is distinctly middle-aged for her species, she can feel justifiably proud of all she has accomplished.
And here she began to sing in a distinctly male, middle-American, country-and-western accent: "I'm proud to be an American because at least I know I'm free".
The man who delivered the rant that spurred the epidemic of tea party demonstrations around the nation said on Wednesday that he was "pretty proud" of the movement that he helped spawn, viewing it as a distinctly American experience.
