Eventually, it was imitated by the Green Bay Packers, the Philadelphia Eagles and many other teams.

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He was the first opera star to be imitated, drunkenly, by legions of joyful or heartbroken football fans.

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It has since been imitated around the world, notably by Vodafone, with its live!

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Japanese bartending is being imitated increasingly in the West, by barmen who marvel at the techniques and instruments that make it unique.

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Whatever its real results, the American practice of watching and promoting religious freedom is being imitated, to some extent, by other democracies.

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The public adored them, though, as the series grew and was imitated, cultural snobs began to dismiss such movies as the cinematic equivalent of perfectly-preserved old properties owned by the National Trust.

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