In his first six weeks in office he presided over 96 conferences, attended 35 official breakfasts and dinners, studied and signed 285 official papers and personally took 312 telephone calls.

:* One who cultivates one of the fine arts – traditionally the arts presided over by the muses

Historically, in some Celtic monasteries abbesses presided over joint-houses of monks and nuns, the most famous example being Saint Brigid of Kildare's leadership in the founding of the monastery at Kildare in Ireland.

In 49, Agrippina presided over the exercises of Roman legions.

Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American Civil War.

No judges presided over the courts nor did anyone give legal direction to the jurors ; magistrates had only an administrative function and were laymen.

Like all early Germanic rulers, he was heavily involved in ecclesiastical disputes ; in 895, at the Diet of Tribur, he presided over a dispute between the Episcopal sees of Bremen, Hamburg and Cologne over jurisdictional authority, which saw Bremen and Hamburg remain a combined see, independent of the see of Cologne.

His rabbinic education was acquired mainly at Tiberias, in the academy presided over by R. Johanan, with whom his relations were almost those of a son ( Yer.

During the Civil War, prior to the siege of Raglan Castle in 1645, King Charles I visited Abergavenny and presided in person over the trial of Sir Trefor Williams, 1st Baronet of Llangibby, a Royalist who changed sides, and other Parliamentarians.

The four reportedly pledged themselves to Jihad in the Spring of 2000, in a ceremony presided over by Wail – who had dubbed himself Abu Mossaeb al-Janubi after one of Muhammad's companions.

It was presided over by Athanasius and Eusebius of Vercelli, and was directed against those who denied the divinity of the Holy Spirit, the human soul of Christ, and Christ's divinity.

The New York Times has identified 1520 Sedgwick Avenue " an otherwise unremarkable high-rise just north of the Cross Bronx Expressway and hard along the Major Deegan Expressway " as a starting point, where DJ Kool Herc presided over parties in the community room.

As president, Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history.

Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history.

The government of the Fourth Republic includes a strong presidency, a prime minister, a Council of Ministers presided over by the president, a two-chamber National Assembly, and the judiciary.

On 14 July 1879, another feast took place, with a semi-official aspect ; the events of the day included a reception in the Chamber of Deputies, organised and presided over by Léon Gambetta, a military review in Longchamp, and a Republican Feast in the Pré Catelan.

Having presided over relatively serene political, economic and social conditions, the feeling of prosperity in the UK had been maintained into the new millennium, and Labour would have a free hand to assert its ideals in the subsequent parliament.

Although he presided over a large majority, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was overshadowed by his ministers, most notably Herbert Henry Asquith at the Exchequer, Edward Grey at the Foreign Office, Richard Burdon Haldane at the War Office and David Lloyd George at the Board of Trade.

For example, Reserve Bank of India governor James Braid Taylor presided over the country's move from silver currency to fiat money.

A collective body, the National Council of Public Safety ( CNSP ), presided over by Brigadier General Robert Guéi, took control.

The Qin Emperor presided over the brutal silencing of political opposition, including the event known as the burning of books and burying of scholars.

His government also presided over the decolonisation of a large part of the British Empire when India, Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon and Jordan were granted independence.

Attlee's administration presided over the successful transition from a wartime economy to peacetime, tackling problems of demobilisation, shortages of foreign currency, and adverse deficits in trade balances and government expenditure.

Charles was the main host and presided over the arena in which teams of amateur engineers battled their home-made radio-controlled robots against each other, and against the house robots.

In Italy, the Fascist period presided over the creation of the largest number of state-owned enterprises in Western Europe, such as the nationalisation of petroleum companies into a single state enterprise called the Italian General Agency for Petroleum ( Azienda Generale Italiani Petroli, AGIP ).

In 1407, Arundel presided at a synod at Oxford, which passed a number of constitutions to regulate preaching, the translation and use of the Scriptures, and the theological education at schools and the university.

The People's Court later became associated with the number of death sentences it handed down, including those following the 1944 attempt to assassinate Hitler which were presided over by then Judge-President Roland Freisler.

By the time of his resignation, the number of teams in the league had grown to 28, and team owners presided over sizable revenues from U. S. broadcasting networks.

Rodríguez de Fonseca presided over the council, which contained a number of members of the Council of Castile ( Consejo de Castilla ), and formed a Junta de Indias of about eight counsellors.

Each cycle is presided over by a number of Manus, one for each Manvantara, that has four ages, Yugas of declining virtues.

He was head of the Administration in Guernsey and presided over a number of States Committees, functions now abolished.

In this role he presided over a number of reforms including development of a national program for teaching foreign languages in schools.

He presided over the House with an autocratic style that caused a number of celebrated rows with members on both sides.

McElroy presided over a number of events and honored former First Ladies Julia Tyler and Harriet Lane, James Buchanan's niece and social hostess, by asking them to help her receive guests at the White House.

After the conclusion of the war, Ulrikh presided over a number of the early trials of the Zhdanovshchina.

Known as “ the father of the poor ,” Yrigoyen presided over a rise in the standard of living of Argentina's working class together with the passage of a number of progressive social reforms, including improvements in factory conditions, regulation of working hours, compulsory pensions, and the introduction of a universally accessible public education system.

James Fitzgibbons presided over impressive growth in the college ’ s student body and in the number of academic programs offered.

So presided over a number of major developments throughout his second term.

Due to Father Divine's declining health, she presided over an increasing number of Peace Mission banquets.

Foster also presided over a number of internal purges.

He certainly took part in its proceedings, and was one of the large number of confessors present ; that he presided is a very doubtful assertion, as also that he was the principal author of the Nicene Creed.

As Health Minister, Praznik presided over a number of cutbacks in government funding, but was also responsible for expanding the government's home care delivery system.

The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over felony cases, and Judge Torres has presided over a number of high-profile murder cases.

The Alamanni during the Roman Empire period were divided into a number of cantons or goviae, each presided by a tribal king.

He has presided over a number of important cases which have influenced the evolution of family law.

The panel of judges included a significant number of anti-Leislerians, included Richard Ingoldesby, and was presided over by former dominion official Joseph Dudley.

* The Torah mentions a number of righteous gentiles, including Melchizedek who presided at offerings to God that Abraham made ( Gen. 14: 18 ), Job of the land of Uz who had a whole book of the Hebrew Bible devoted to him as a paragon of righteousness beloved of God ( see the book of Job ), and the Ninevites, the people given to cruelty and idolatry could be accepted by God when they repented ( see the Book of Jonah ).

He also presided over the 1994 inquiry into the Family court proceedings involving the Bristol family, which resulted in a number of changes being made to New Zealand's child protection legislation.