But for now, many nuclear experts say, the frenetic activity at the desert enrichment plant in Natanz may be mostly about political showmanship.

Still, if history reveals anything, it is that using the Russian judiciary for political showmanship is a sometimes perilous path.

And looming over the entire drama is the political showmanship mandated by the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Such political showmanship would force the interviewer to follow the newsmaker, thereby earning the admiration of the viewer.

And private experts said that the agency seemed increasingly torn between technical rigor and political showmanship.

Mr. Codey accused the Assembly of "political showmanship."

He often said he would one day be president of the country, but his political showmanship never left the band stage.

Western diplomats and nuclear experts said the declaration seemed to have more to do with political showmanship than technical progress.

Aren't these checks just an act of political showmanship to end the fuss in the media?

In addition, Congressional oversight of a sovereign country is little more than political showmanship and has little or no effect on Chinese domestic policy.