Europe is still the pre-eminent maker; its brands account for 70% of the world's luxury consumption.
Because Mr. Jackson is arguably the pre-eminent maker of fantasy and horror films currently drawing breath, his fans tend to expect a certain amount of spectacular, over-the-top creepiness.
In the uprising that follows, the Polish nobleman and patriot Boleslas Vorowski (Pierre Blanchar) is badly wounded and hidden by Baron von Kempelen Charles Dullinn), the pre-eminent maker of automatons.
American computer company Dell is buying digital storage giant EMC for $67bn in the largest tech acquisition in history and a move that marks another transformation for the once pre-eminent maker of consumer PCs.
That truism was made clear this week by Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble, two of the world's pre-eminent makers of consumer goods.
Made of plastic resin and other materials, these zany confections are products of a collaboration between the imagination of Mr. Lipski and the craft of Jonquil LeMaster, who is among the world's pre-eminent makers of artificial trees.
Jill Woodward, a spokeswoman for the Detroit Symphony, said it was rare for any American orchestra to own a quartet of string instruments, much less 30 period instruments that include 24 violins, 4 cellos and 2 violas made by some of Italy's pre-eminent makers of the 17th and 18th centuries.
"He's also an eminent mandolin maker," Mr. Kremer said.
GERALD SCHWARTZ, Canada's pre-eminent deal maker, prefers to keep score with deals done.
If I have time, I use a method I picked up from Christine Ferber, one of France's eminent jam makers.
The Coens have finished the noughties as America's pre-eminent film-makers.
