Proust is clearly the presiding spirit: Drake is out to prove that what the world thinks shallow may be profound.
Moreover, once he had gained control of the country, the murder, torture and imprisonment over which the general presided clearly violated the Nuremberg charter and the UN Convention against Torture.Another argument says that even if a relevant body of international law exists, there are humane and practical reasons why it is seldom enforced.
This fleeting mention is preceded by the verb "to preside" -- which clearly meant the president was nothing more than the guy who got to wield the gavel in "Congress assembled".
The winner, Sebastián Piñera, 60, joins Alan García of Peru, Felipe Calderón of Mexico and Álvaro Uribe of Colombia as clearly right-wing leaders presiding over major Latin American countries, where left-wing candidates with socialist agendas have held more sway in recent years.
Even in the best-run White House (which this one, clearly, is not), the President's staffers come and go, but a President's judicial appointees preside for decades.
In Iran, the Shiite religious elite presided over a clearly defined hierarchy, which greatly increased the power of the clerics.
"We are not businessmen, and we are not managers," Laura explains, despite the fact that they preside over what is clearly a successful and complex operation that employs nearly 100 craftspeople.
"Clearly the government are not going to preside over the lights going out.
It's clearly an inside job, and Rehan must preside over the police interrogation of his servants.
She is clearly the more capable person suited to preside over this corrupt, perpetually and criminally violent enterprise known as the United States of America.
