1.   Joey held second spot for two laps before Robert assumed the mantle.

2.   The rocks began to assume a mantle of translucent ice that dripped in grey icicles from overhangs.

3.   What would happen if this man were to assume the mantle of the most powerful person on earth?

4.   And he might well pick off some of the major economic supporters of Gramm, now that he has assumed the mantle as the leading spokesman for American conservatives.

5.   Assuming the mantle of defender of Russian interests, Yeltsin proposed that all nations restrict their nuclear weapons to their own territory.

6.   But Lincoln was assassinated just as the war was ending, and Johnson, a Southerner who had remained loyal to the Union, uneasily assumed his mantle.

7.   But Muti was too distressed by the incident to assume the mantle of hero.

8.   Chernomydin, who would take over as president if Yeltsin were incapacitated, did not formally assume the mantle of head of state.

9.   Does he assume the mantle of president-elect?

10.   Hayes also presented a confident face in public, assuming the mantle of the presidency as if there was no question about his right to it.