Word: reseat
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...Congress, however, insist they're saving the hemisphere from the clutches of left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his radical regional allies, including Zelaya. In the middle is Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace laureate Oscar Arias, whose San José Accord would reseat Zelaya with limited powers while granting the coup leaders amnesty...
...other dealings abroad, Pompidou has shown no strong urge to renounce Gaullist policy wholesale, but he will undoubtedly make changes in the long run. He spoke recently of the "difficulties" of admitting Britain to the Common Market, but would quietly reseat France at council meetings of the West European Union, the only organization that groups Britain with the six Common Market nations...
...Democrats, whose presidential candidate Morse had supported, were more responsible for his plight than the G.O.P. Morse had insisted that he didn't want the Republicans to assign him to committees. Nevertheless, G.O.P. leaders at one point proposed that the Armed Services and Labor committees be enlarged to reseat Morse and to add another Republican, thus assuring G.O.P. control of all committees. The Democratic leadership flatly refused...
...society. For 25 years they have been accustomed to one way of doing things, and the shift will be a tough one. Already, snide little references have appeared in Boston papers. Rudolph Elie of the Herald, for instance, fears that absolute disaster will result if Munch should dare to reseat the Orchestra...
Another group advocating the Duke's return is the "Henchmen of Honor," founded by retired British Barrister Robert Elton. The "Henchmen" have appealed to the Duke to come to England, have received no reply. Lawyer Elton, independently seeking to reseat the Duke on the throne, bases his case on the claim that the 1936 Abdication Act, while passed by Parliament, is illegal because it was not a mandate from the people. Fortnight ago, however, his cause received its first legal setback. Founder Elton's statement of claim that the Act was "illegitimate" was refused a hearing...