One makes an official announcement, then all follow suit.

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If the Fed is successful and the housing market does indeed improve, then the general economy could follow suit.

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Essentially, they did what Luz considered the obvious thing to do: they studied what the best people were doing, figured out how to standardize it, and then tried to get everyone to follow suit.

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Others queried whether her decision would set a bad example for other women looking to juggle motherhood and a career: Namely, would HR departments and bosses then expect more new moms to follow suit by literally suiting up again mere weeks after giving birth?

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Bulgaria might then provide the example and be the impetus for neighboring Romania to follow suit with its also-exiled, intensely patriotic King Michael.

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If Gusty Spence had not counselled loyalists to follow suit when the IRA announced its ceasefire in 1994 then the course of political history might have run in a very different direction.

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Since then, however, 12 states have banned it, and several others may follow suit.

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