Although the Byzantine Empire had a multi-ethnic character during most of its history and preserved Romano-Hellenistic traditions, it became identified by its western and northern contemporaries with its increasingly predominant Greek element.
He also expressed the conviction that, if Christianity is to retain its power in the modern world, it must be freed from any connection with the dogmas of God and Christ with which it became identified to survive in the Hellenistic world.
As the Orion Nebula was the 42nd object in his list, it became identified as M42.
It became identified with the austerity of wage and pension cuts, with heavy taxes through our inefficient tax authority, rather than good governance, equitable taxes and deep reforms that would have lifted much of the burden from the middle and lower classes.
"In a large way, it helped define how I became identified and subsequently defined my area of expertise for the next decade," says West, who is now a clinician at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle and remains an active participant in SWOG.
It would become identified with those groups because the term C86 became easy shorthand, but they were only one strand.
The advance of Christianity slowed after 500 as the Roman Empire, with which it had become identified, disintegrated.
Though the orchestra continues its previous circuit-riding schedule, performing in more than one locale, it has become identified with a first-class hall and a strong board (headed by Dr. Victor Parsonnet), which works toward drawing musically and financially supportive listeners who are proud of their new hall.
The entry on the turnpike is a good example of the self-effacement necessary for an Encyclopedia of New Jersey: "It has become identified with the state in the minds of many out-of-state and foreign visitors -- a fact that perhaps contributes to New Jersey's image problem," writes Angus Kress Gillespie, a professor of American studies at Rutgers.
