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Barker eventually succeeded Meyer as principal auctioneer and has presided over milestone sales for the art world, as well as some of its most viral cultural moments.

Only one defendant, who was not present, was sentenced to a prison term that must be served behind bars due to "extremely serious acts", the presiding judge said in the decision.

As lieutenant governor, Collins presided over the state Senate the way she presided over a classroom: standing up.

Xi Jinping, presiding over the world’s second-largest economy, has shown the opposite: that prosperity alone cannot satisfy what St. Augustine called humanity’s “restless heart.”

Under the highly unusual arrangement, COP31 would take place in Turkey but who would preside over the meeting -- Australia or Turkey -- was still being negotiated, the sources said.