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Mr. Kelleher said that Mr. Puff's grace and showmanship on his feet was matched by his facility with banter.

So for years, Mr. Thorson would don a chauffeur's costume covered in rhinestones and drive "Mr. Showmanship" on stage in a bejeweled Rolls-Royce.

To be sure, the talk of being No.1 is partly showmanship on the part of Mr. Piëch and his longtime protégé, Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen's chief executive.

She designed collections with a blatant sense of showmanship, on the theme of the zodiac, or the circus or the commedia dell'arte court.

Famous for his frenetic showmanship on the electoral trail, Sarkozy will start a bruising campaign schedule under the slogan "La France Forte", A Strong France, in an attempt to reinvent himself.

He also needs to rethink a muddled stance on liberalising global trade, make it easier for businesses to buy land and open up for more private investors.For India, the grinding business of governing will count for far more than the showmanship on the campaign trail that Mr Modi evidently loves (this week he flitted to Kashmir, ahead of a state election there).

A late-night show such as Newsnight, picking the bones of carcasses that daytime rivals had already stripped, relies almost as much on showmanship as on news: the creation of that moment that gets people talking.

Towering straw creations at Donna Karan's show, a dizzying array of extreme, eccentric styles at Thom Browne – the sheer showmanship of the millinery on display was undeniable.

The Nuggets' speed and showmanship were on full display.

"It's Spinal Tap at its worst, trying to replicate knee-jerk arena-rock showmanship, but on a very small level.

Guy's performances were jaw-dropping in their intensity and showmanship, drawing on the stage presence of such legends as Lightnin' Hopkins and Chuck Berry, adding distortion and sustain while playing behind his back or even with his teeth.  .