It launched Smart Trading, a direct imitation of Euwax, with the support of some big intermediaries.
I see that you don't attempt a direct imitation of Psy's rodeo-style steps, as Ai Weiwei does?
A handful of artists freed themselves from the direct imitation of appearances and instead sought deeper truths.
The various expressions of liberal fury are a direct imitation of what the right has been doing for more than a decade.
Direct imitation of Chinese costume and acting techniques was encouraged under the reign (1847 83) of Emperor Tu Duc, and it is probable that the present form of hat boi dates from this period.
Although the easiest way may be thought to be direct imitation of nature, this is often difficult if not impossible, among other reasons because of the difference in scale.
By the late 11th and the early 12th century, itinerant preachers, including Robert d'Abrissel, founder of the abbey of Fontevrault, combined evangelical zeal with a life of poverty in direct imitation of the Apostles.
Stretching the music sometimes leads Rise Against to direct imitation; from the opening bass double stops to the tune itself, "The Dirt Whispered" might as well be Green Day.
If his performance contains some direct imitation, the musical itself mostly avoids recreating quintessential Chaplin film moments, opting instead to use familiar images — the chugging assembly line of "Modern Times," the blind flower girl of "City Lights" — for their storytelling value because so many are drawn from, or can be repurposed to tell, Chaplin's biography.
Responding to such instructions as "direct imitation of melodic or harmonic passages is to be avoided – use of noise is encouraged", Frith conjured up a superabundance of found objects to generate weird and wonderful sounds from his strings – among them a violin bow, brushes, metal chains, and even grains of rice – and did so with panache.
The next few months will show whether Apple wants to take similar implementations to court, or whether this truly was a defensive patent, designed to prevent people from direct imitation — as opposed to aping.
