PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, "He presided at the piccolo."

HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.

Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.

Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live.

PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.

TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.

INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.