Prada demonstrated its prowess in the light stuff by sweeping the final two races of the challenger's trials in moderate breezes.
Japan has again demonstrated its prowess in high-speed rail travel with its state-of-the-art maglev train setting a world record of just over 600km/h (373mph), just days after it broke its previous 12-year-old record.
In the particular case at issue here – the enforced return of exiled Libyan opposition leader Abdul Hakim Belhaj to Tripoli in 2004, where he was detained and as he says repeatedly tortured – MI6 was concerned to take all the "credit", demonstrating its prowess to the US, but keeping Belhaj to itself.
But the Concertación's main asset is the conservative opposition Alliance for Chile, which has once again demonstrated its prowess at tearing itself apart.Earlier this month, the Alliance's larger party, the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), broke off relations with the leader of National Renewal (RN), its partner.
For a nation that has begun to flex its military muscles, its presence on another world perfectly demonstrates its national prowess.
Xerox, its finances in chaos and its stock in free fall, plans to spin off a small company that demonstrates its technological prowess, at least, remains intact.
That may explain why Baghdad is pursuing apparently contradictory aims, seeking to convince the world that it is committed to disarmament while simultaneously demonstrating its military prowess.
Sony also demonstrated its hardware prowess with the announcement that this fall it would begin selling a 24-inch 3-D television under the PlayStation brand for $499, including one set of the required glasses and a game.
Other than demonstrating its financial prowess, Temasek doesn't have much to show for its wizardry.
Thus, international tournament games are the only opportunities the country has to demonstrate its baseball prowess beyond its borders.
