1.   The king was at the apex of society.

2.   The king was dead, but there was no new king.

3.   The king was merely a tool of the military regime.

4.   The result was that Dahomean kings were very fecund, while ordinary Dahomean men were often celibate and barren.

5.   Thus far, though, the undisputed king of chat is the self-proclaimed King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

6.   The king was merely a tool of the military government.

7.   ...the king was the head of the body politic.

8.   Among pelagic animals the undisputed king is the blue whale, the largest creature currently roaming the face of the earth.