Now South Korea is matching its economic prowess with political maturity and international stature.

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Powered by Southeast Asia's economic prowess and growing unity, they have become fixtures in diplomatic calendars the world over.

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There were good electoral reasons for Mr Brown to trumpet his economic prowess.

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Much of Silicon Valley's economic prowess is founded on technologies made in Israel.

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In tracing developments from 1500 to 2000, it equated a nation's gross national product with its military, political and economic prowess.

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Politicians may fear the decline of their nations' economic prowess, but people should celebrate the new demographics as heralding a golden age.

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Germany soon surpassed its prewar production peaks and by the mid-1950s had pulled ahead of both Great Britain and France in economic prowess.

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Mr Lee, who hopes to show off South Korea's economic prowess as host of the G20 summit this year, is a conservative more interested in economic strength than the military sort.

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The Crisis is still the main determinant of the Asian power equation this year, meaning prowess in economic policy is a plus while straight political and military strength are less important.

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Regulating prowess is axiomatic, as regulations can only subtract from economic growth.

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