It is the only non-entertainment program to consistently attract a vast following.

The leader of the band is Rifat Ozbek, the Turkish-born designer who won a vast following among fashion groupies when he started showing his clothes in London.

Religious zealots like the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr have a vast following among the young and poor and a corresponding influence among more moderate figures.

AC/DC is a veteran group, having formed in 1973, and it has a vast and loyal following.

Third, it already has a vast following; millions of people already use iTunes to manage their music collections and iPods.

The news for United's vast following is less euphoric; a subdued crowd of 26,698, the backlash to the Derby defeat, saw them fail to add to the three goals of the first leg.

One fact is sure: he keeps his prominence and a vast following, no matter what he does.

Mr. Sadr, who commands a vast following among Iraq's poor, has long posed one of the most difficult threats to the efforts to implant a democracy here.

The harsh imperial edicts had to face the vast following of paganism among the population, and the passive resistance of many governors and magistrates.

These first anti-Pagan edicts could not be rigidly executed due the strength of paganism, which had a vast following among the population.