Another top minister said the victory was a 'miracle.'

The doctors were in consultation with Grenville and a few of the King's top ministers.

But it was when he started losing his top ministers that the discomfort set in.

Mr. Sharon met for hours, late into the night, with his top ministers.

The amount of salary in weight was then used as a ranking system for officials, with the top ministers being paid 2000 stones.

In 2005 he left that position, later accusing top ministers of large-scale fraud.

But his frustration, and that of his top ministers, seemed acute.

A day earlier, two of his top ministers resigned.

President Barco and his top ministers appeared to pay their respects to the candidate's family.

But not long ago he found himself at a government function hobnobbing with his government's top ministers.