B.C.B.G., by Max Azria, displayed enough muscle to turn back the naysayers.

After many people wrote off labor as an irrelevant, toothless dinosaur, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. has displayed considerable muscle on Capitol Hill.

In the six years that he has managed the Houston public schools, the nation's seventh-largest district, Dr. Paige, 67, has displayed similar muscle to all but compel gains in a range of other areas.

The oil cartel, once dismissed as a has-been, has displayed startling muscle in the past year, sending oil prices tripling to more than $30 a barrel.

On the plus side the show displayed creative muscle.

The piece displays sonic muscle and musculature, too; the platform holding the drum and musicians is rotated to reveal each drummer gleaming with sweat.

Nicole pressed a key and the screen displayed the other possible diagnoses, including hernia, internal muscle tear, and drug reaction.

They seemed to feel that the Panama operation was, to some extent, an attempt by the President to display political fortitude and military muscle against a target that was in no way central to American foreign policy interests.

The union has also not displayed much political muscle beyond threatening to strike.

The guitarist Eric Erlandson, the bassist Melissa Auf der Mar and the tour drummer Samantha Maloney meshed with this direct approach, displaying muscle instead of struggling to sound pretty.