The herds of antelope the land supported might be lovely to look at, one banker suggested, but would they help me make my payments?

The banker suggested that he accompany her.

Some bankers have suggested that these moves will make negotiations tougher for debtor nations.

She had become a professional portrait painter when her husband, a banker, author, journalist and eventually an oil company executive, suggested she write a novel.

One banker suggested that remark reflected "a positive attitude."

But by the end of the undercover operation, he added, "the bankers were even suggesting a better way."

Some bankers and analysts suggested that the tax on such a deal might add billions to the price tag.

Many other bankers, however, suggested that the immediate impact would be virtually nil.

The banker suggested that the 12-member bank steering committee would rather have no agreement than set a precedent by giving the Philippines the terms it wanted.

In 1991, for instance, a banker in Mr. Young's club suggested a stock he had heard about at work.