1.   The Umayyads were finally overthrown and the first Abbasid, Abul-Abbas, took the throne.

2.   From this point contemporaries recognized that Richard was moving to take the throne.

3.   I mean he, he should have taken the throne.

4.   As a new king took the throne Monday, many Nepalese continued to believe a conspiracy was at work.

5.   As rightful heir she must take the throne if Genova is to survive in the stately manner to which its seemingly sedated subjects have become accustomed.

6.   A new king has also taken the throne in Morocco, following the death last month of King Hassan II.

7.   These Southern belles have risen again and have rightfully taken their thrones.

8.   Queen Elizabeth II took the throne following the death of her father, King George VI.

9.   Bhumibol took the throne but returned to Switzerland to study for several years.

10.   But Hassan was dropped last month when the ailing King Hussein picked his son, Abdullah, to take the throne after his death.