11.   In the first place, the king too was a landlord -- the biggest in the kingdom.

12.   Old Testament kings were to be taken as literal models, the measurements of the Temple in Jerusalem as a blueprint for the palatine chapel.

13.   The king was not merely a tribal chieftain and warlord, ravaging and conquering, he was a representative of Christ, the king, on earth.

14.   Previous minorities had seen squabbles over the distribution of power, but no young king had ever been deposed.

15.   When kings were at loggerheads with their clergy, which was not their usual relationship, morality constituted the most dramatic battleground.

16.   Certainly kings were responsible for summoning councils.

17.   The Hanoverian kings were not uninterested in political life but they had difficulty comprehending the complexities of domestic and foreign affairs.

18.   Although Blake eventually took back the captaincy, the Kings were a distracted mess for five months until he finally was traded to Colorado in late February.

19.   Although he is a Tutsi by heritage, Rwandan kings by custom are above tribal distinctions.

20.   Although the Kings were playing Tuesday without top forwards Ziggy Palffy and Jozef Stumpel because of injuries, the most glaring absence was the defense.