These riffs on identity politics, a durable if sometimes risky source of humor in American pop culture, give "Bee Movie" an extra fillip of comic vitality — the hint of a sting, if you will, in an otherwise soft and fuzzy entertainment.
You can see O'Hara's entire oeuvre as an attempt, therefore, to remake identity on terms more durable than the ones to which he had been consigned.
In Sudan the result was to create a durable sense of land rights rooted in tribal identity that favored the sedentary at the expense of the nomad, or, in the crude shorthand of today, African and Arab.
When that happens, someone ought to preserve a few sections for the Smithsonian, to mark the moment when America's national identity is again defined by something more durable than a strip of steel.
Indeed, identity marketing can enable organizations to build stronger brands and more durable customer relationships.
Umana explained to me that the durable anger in Ferguson is fuelled by the enigma of the officer's identity and the perceived possibility that, should the department fail to bring charges against him, his name may never be known.
During the 14th century there were occasional variances, but the identity of interest established between the crown and the leading Welshmen proved durable.
Over time, if things went well, our intelligence and identity might be coaxed into leaving behind the old brain and taking refuge in a more durable unit (which would be attached to the robot body mentioned earlier).
