It demands that he act without integrity, abandoning or ignoring a longstanding, identity-conferring commitment to pacifism simply because maximum general well-being is to be found elsewhere.
Over time, counseling others helped her confront her own longstanding issues of identity and addiction.
It was a role Mr. Cruz seemed to relish, as he went from rally to rally warning voters that Texas' longstanding culture and identity were under assault by the left.
But the green self-image of Europe's largest economy and most populous country doesn't square with another important aspect of Germany's national identity: its longstanding love affair with fast, gas-guzzling automobiles produced by the country's iconic carmakers — BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen.
The returns requested by the committee, however, would not fully answer longstanding questions about the identities of Mr. Trump's business partners, the ultimate sources of his income or whether he is entangled with entities that have interests before his administration.
After five decades of cold shoulders from a succession of presidents, most Puerto Ricans are primed for a presidential visit, even if it is brief and unlikely to sway the longstanding debate over Puerto Rico's identity as a United States territory.
It would be a "powerful symbol" of British identity and our longstanding tradition of liberty, and would ensure that the European court "let most of our decisions stand" under the margin of appreciation doctrine.
Because of longstanding ethno-sectarian divisions, British identity in Ireland is controversial, but it is held with strong conviction by unionists.
Sessions' comments in that interview help us understand how the DACA debate, and all conversations over "legal" and "illegal" immigration, are linked to longstanding, exclusionary visions of American identity and community.
