Burns was lamenting within his own lifetime a host of ersatz imitators of his achievement. |
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Nowlan's comic strip was widely popular, running for decades and spawning a host of imitators. |
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Even rock fans have been amazed by The Decemberists' rapid progression from likeable imitators to true originals. |
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Camden's aims, and those of his imitators, were not influenced by the Ciceronian model of rhetorical history. |
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It triggered a veritable tidal wave of imitators, parodists, and artists wishing to capitalize on its success. |
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Engage in continuous research, knowing that if you're successful, imitators are sure to follow. |
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A whole host of less able imitators have followed in Italy, many of whom have abandoned the richness of their original local wines. |
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He has inspired imitators, tolerated plagiarists and confounded the computer geeks who try in vain to turn his craft into software. |
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When Chris Evans and Oasis hit their peaks in the summer of Britpop, 1996, they spawned a wealth of imitators and copyists. |
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Later imitators did produce high temperature ceramics using such fluxes, such as bone porcelain, like Beleek. |
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Following the path of the red Aids ribbon, Armstrong's band has spawned a rainbow of imitators. |
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The show has spawned numerous regional imitators, if not an entire alternate entertainment universe. |
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Like most of her online posse, Shera speaks of the group with messianic zeal, refusing to pose for any of their many imitators. |
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Is the entire top ten of this year taken up with shallow talentless substandard Beatles imitators? |
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We must not forget that the imitators were those who decided which characteristics typified realism. |
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In their self-regard as the last keepers of the flame of Western culture, this ex-dissident class renders themselves slavish imitators. |
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They were pivotal films of the decade, and both have spawned a thousand and one imitators in their wake. |
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Oh sure, the Super Bowl and all its macho imitators are commemorations of some repulsive male urge best ignored. |
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I suppose she is a cultural phenomenon that cannot be ignored, but I find her programme, and the derivative imitators to be deadly dull and no substitute for actual thought. |
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His prose has spawned many imitators, but few, if any, equals. |
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The only negative thing I can say about this song is that it might have the unfortunate side effect of spawning a league of yelling-guy-with-drums imitators. |
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Harris Tweed can have its imitators, but only tweed handwoven in the homes of hardy Hebrideans can bear the orb mark and the stamp of authenticity with the HTA provides. |
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A shapeshifting megalith of a record that stands tall above a crowd of imitators and disciples, Wonder. |
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However, its ease of use and portability quickly made it a must-have device for technophiles, and it soon spawned imitators from other companies. |
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Revues like The Bing Boys Are Here in Britain, and those of Florenz Ziegfeld and his imitators in America, were also extraordinarily popular. |
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Soft-plastic shad tails such as the CAL Shad are good killifish imitators. |
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