Just as actors like to show off their versatility, writers like to do it, too.
If someone goes to the race track, they like to show off their winners while hiding their losers under the bleachers.
And if Apple doesn't want to show off its own panorama capabilities, apps like TourWrist and 360 Panorama would be great candidates to show off such a feature.
Romans, like most Italians, are knowledgeable about food and like nothing better than to show off their culinary skills.
The DR1000 feels more like a prototype built to show off iRex's impressive screen than a fully tested and polished device.
Augmented reality, which is a Name You Need To Know in 2011, has been around for the last year or so, having been picked up by a few big brands like BMW and Adidas to show off how innovative they can be.
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Though he is now of retirement age, he scrambles up the hillside like a teenager, eager to show off the oldest vines.
But an event like E3 is the chance to show off new and innovative game applications to the heart of the industry and the market.
"There's a sociability factor in both where it's really about reputations within a community and to be able to show off, like being really good at basketball in your neighborhood, " says Lowood.
Some of today's collar popping is meant to show off design details like piping or a contrasting fabric or color on or under a collar.
"We are looking for a new destination not for the sake of spending lots of money like some other governments have done just to show off, " he says.
However, a fearsome title alone won't clinch a multi-million dollar sale, so military trade events like air shows give weapons manufacturers a chance to show off their products -- even if the hard sell has been done over months and years of networking and negotiations.
While companies like Canon and FujiFilm prefer to fly in the face of PMA and announce their cameras well ahead of the trade show, others, like Leica, have decided to hold their cards 'till the last minute and show off 'em at the show itself.
The mockups of the sorts of smart phones and Web-friendly gadgets Intel executives show off to reporters may look like crude iPhone knockoffs, but Intel's manufacturing means it will soon be difficult to copy the capabilities of Intel's new line of mobile processors.
Germany's Siemens also used the show here to show off the SIMpad, a prototype WebPad-like tablet device.
From there, we are transported to something like Venice Beach, where two muscle-bound guys show off on gymnastic rings and are joined by a chiseled bathing beauty who could crush both of them.
Included are a customized suite of apps like Kids Cam, Music Studio and Draw that encourage children to develop creative capabilities, and show off their creative side to friends and family members with videos, pictures and songs.
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Events such as this, designed to show off a candidate's small-town heart, tend to feel like Hollywood location shoots--superimposed on a place.
All he needed was a change of scenery and an opportunity to come off the bench and show the coach what he could do much like Jeremy Lin.
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