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Patience and Fortitude: These are the names of the stone lions that preside over the steps to the main New York Public Library.

But he said he expects to arrive Saturday and preside over his first training session Monday in Austin.

For the past 15 years, he’s been going on the road with circuses to preside over Mass, perform sacraments and provide pastoral care.

The parts on foreign affairs in her DNC speech and the debate — including Trump’s subservience to Putin and her promise to preside over the world’s most lethal fighting force — weren’t just “foreign policy” statements.

Harris herself didn’t preside over the speech, as has been customary, because of a “scheduling conflict.”