"This is a wild estimate, a wish list," said a top international economic policy maker.

Under the lights, top policy makers were debating recipes for economic growth.

Sony entered the digital camera market late, yet became one of the top makers in that field.

The trend has surprised even some top policy makers.

Roche further strengthened its position as the world's top maker of cancer drugs, he added.

Also, the supplier that replaced the original top maker delivered a much better unit.

There have already been changes of many top policy makers, achieving a certain consensus likely to continue even with a new set of people.

The company was one of the top makers of piano strings in the world for several decades.

Said one top American policy maker: "He must be disabused of that."

In fact, officials said, top policy makers reviewed the prospects for an invasion several times, but largely discounted them.