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With his stentorian gaze and minimalist technique, Yevgeny Mravinsky (1903-1988) presided over the Leningrad Philharmonic for almost 50 years...
In 1492 the royal pair presided over the final conquest over the Moors and discovery of the New World, including the great wealth that feat brought to Spain.
A bon vivant who held extravagant parties, Vaudreuil and his elegant wife presided over a sort of “Golden Age” of social grace, when the colonial elite were invited to plays, musicales, and balls.
Gay, masochistic, and happily married, Kinsey presided, gurulike, over a utopian, sexually experimental community in Indiana.
The first literary salon in history was presided over by Aspasia, Pericles’ mistress, a remarkable woman of intelligence and spirit.