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Mayer said they wanted to emulate the success of the UK Independence Party who had managed to change the Conservative Party's stance on the European Union by winning votes in their traditional heartlands at elections.

There is also some intriguing early evidence that employees might learn from and emulate a leader's bad behavior more than they replicate their good behavior.

About halfway through the show, the stage lighting emulated a starry night sky as a tribute to the Latin music pioneers who have passed.

He watched as the whole of Hawaii seemed to galvanize around them and boys emulated them, promising their friends they would be the next Marcus or Tua someday.

“They’re so often emulating the things we wish we had in ourselves,” she says.