Rabid hockey fans, they grew beards in imitation of their countrymen who play in the National Hockey League.
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"Most weekends, it's like, zzzzz, " he said, cocking his head to the side and closing his eyes in imitation of sleep.
In the mid-19th century beards were grown by just about every man in Britain in imitation of veterans, excused from shaving during bitter winters outside Sebastopol.
This season young men carry their effects in soft pale leather bags, in imitation of the agents for the Fugger bank, who travel all over Europe and set the fashion.
The Chicken Dance begins: men dressed in colourful feathers, bent forward with elbows pulled back, shuffle and preen in imitation of the mating dance of the prairie chicken, to the obvious delight of the crowd.
The makers of the film have been sued by the family of a convenience store assistant who was shot by a couple on a violent robbery spree, said to be in imitation of the film.
In one room James Caird, the show's star exhibit, floats like a little white iceberg in a sea of video screens showing towering computer-generated breakers, in imitation of the heaving surface of the Southern Ocean.
In a 1971 episode of British science show "Tomorrow's World", a reporter plays with various desk toys, in imitation of a lonely executive whose workload has been reduced to the point of boredom because of computers.
But we get an even better and funnier dose of Paul Giamatti, who plays an alternative Harvey, and who is framed, or sometimes drawn, in fond imitation of a comic book the implication being that even the cruddiest lives can, in sympathetic hands, acquire shape and grace.
Dedman, of Wharton Road in Bloomsbury, denies five counts of robbery and one charge that he was in possession of an imitation handgun with intent in May last year.
Vindication has also come in the form of imitation, as one leading Japanese corporation after another sold all or part of their main offices.
Reece Jackson, 19, of Holly Park Estate in Finsbury Park, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle, but denies two counts of robbery and being in possession of an imitation handgun.
Obesity seems to spread in networks because of behavioral imitation -- you copy what people close to you are doing -- and shared expectations called "norms, " the authors said.
Here, the great manufacturing industries of China will swoop in and provide this person with an insanely cheap imitation of an Omega watch which they will now buy to be as cool as the last James Bond!
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In Japan, Moss Burgers is an imitation of McDonalds and Burger King, with a local Japanese flavor.
Just like apes learned the value of imitation to survive in an ancient hostile jungle, entrepreneurs need to learn the same value in the new business jungle.
Balza wanted his team to be a shameless imitation of that Wolverines team: In the years before they became full Division-I members in 2011-2012, it wasn't uncommon for the Eagles to blow past 100 points in a game.
So expect to see more imitation and adoption of best CBA practices in 2011.
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Or surimi, that imitation crab food product found in the freezer section of your local supermarket and in California rolls.
Bolton looked a pale imitation of the side that so entertained in their FA Cup game against Tottenham on Sunday, their lethargy at odds with the precarious nature of their league position.
It is the only economic resource that cannot be transferred across corporate boundaries, and, therefore, the ultimate source of competitive advantage in global industries where imitation, market saturation, and lower entry barriers quickly eliminate market rents.
When the sale was first mooted in May, protesters pasted imitation dollar notes onto the windows of Banacci branches.
Having read your other article now I feel like this comment will just dabble in repetition but they do say imitation is the highest form of flattery.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery: In 2011, the largest gathering of Lady Gaga impersonators occurred: 121 impersonators gathered outside of the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
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Imitation is a common source of trouble and loss in the market for contemporary Chinese art.
The instinct for imitation is still strong: houses can be bought in one of six styles, including Mediterranean, New England and Old South.
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In many ways, he said, it was a pale imitation of a version of Linux known as Back Track that also comes with many security tools already installed.
Roos ties an imitation fly that looks like the hatch of tiny mayflies floating in the current.
In architecture and in the use of the French language, German courts paid it the compliment of imitation.
Abu Hassan, the owner and the local master of masabacha, is so popular that a few imitation Abu Hassans have opened elsewhere in the country.
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