Here great victories in battle were celebrated with lavish banquets presided over by the sultan.
Lines of dour-faced apothecaries presided over little sacks of mysterious powders and twisted roots.
But since the start of the uprising in March, the regime has presided over rising violence.
New Zealand judicial officer Peter Hobbs presided over the hearing in Sydney and dismissed the charge.
Drive to Hvar Town, the island's hub, presided over by a 16th-century hilltop fortress.
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And the now-ennobled, Sir Edward presided over the election of the first woman Speaker.
Tony Blair said he wouldn't raise taxes but he's presided over sixty tax rises.
She also presided over the spinning-off of various restaurant chains, which allowed PepsiCo to focus.
On January 26th, he presided over the installation of the new leader of the Smithsonian Institution.
He presided over Exelon's formation from the merger of Chicago utility Unicom and Philadelphia utility Peco.
Meetings among euro-zone finance ministers are presided over by Jeroem Dijsselbloem, the new Dutch finance minister.
He has also presided over the most peaceful and prosperous period most Cambodians can recall.
Don't forget, Speaker Gingrich presided over a House of Representatives that impeached the former President.
By 2009, President Obama presided over what could fairly be called a big-tent coalition.
He presided over the opening of the new Tate Modern in London last year.
Following that transaction, he presided over more than 23.6 million Class A shares in Facebook.
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Board of Education, in 1954, Warren presided over the most activist liberal court in American history.
Mr. JAMES MORRELL (Director of Haiti Democracy Project): He presided over the destruction of Haiti's democracy.
Both of those presidents went on to reelection and presided over eras of American prosperity.
And he was beaming with pride, Mr. President, the day you presided over my swearing-in ceremony.
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But Ms Fernandez, 58, has presided over strong economic growth and pursued popular social policies.
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Including President Kennedy, five Democratic and five Republican presidents have presided over the 50-year federal experiment.
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Until his arrest, Alamoudi presided over the training of Muslim chaplains in the US military.
As prime minister he presided over a government that acquired a reputation for graft.
In its five years in power Denmark's centre-right government has presided over a boom.
That appears to be anathema to a government that presided over a decade of financial liberalisation.
In the late 1980s, Mr Do presided over a brief blossoming of Vietnamese literature.
He has presided over a remarkable reversal in the Tories' predicament, if not their fortunes.
Decades before garish LED screens presided over the Strip, handcrafted neon signs reigned as Vegas' original iconic art form.
As finance minister, he has presided over a much-needed and much-delayed liberalisation of the financial sector.
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