Word: supplanting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...objections to the ad hoe procedures stem largely from the fact that they modify and supplant Section 7 of the Rogers Motion in such a way as to preclude consideration of Hartman's claim that academic due process was neglected in the non-renewal of his contract...
...group of House Committee chairmen and representatives has almost completed drafting a proposal for two new internal disciplinary committees which would supplant the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities...
Because of its basic simplicity, the Wankel engine has long been considered a strong contender to supplant piston engines in mass-produced autos. Invented in 1954 by a mechanical wizard named Felix Wankel, the engine replaces conventional cylinders and pistons with a triangular rotor that revolves in a combustion chamber shaped like a fat figure eight. The spinning rotor not only controls the intake of gasoline and exhaust of burned gases, but turns the shaft that drives the wheels of the car. Thus Wankel engines have far fewer moving parts than piston engines. Moreover, they lack valves, rods, lifters...
...plans include closing Brattle Street between Boylston and Mt. Auburn and all of Church and Palmer Streets to vehicular traffic. Enlarged sidewalks, sitting areas with benches, and trees would supplant cars in the area. In addition, new off-the-street parking facilities would be encouraged on the perimeter of the Square, and more truck-loading areas would be provided...
Such fare will make it no favorite with Harvard sectionmen and no rival to the lackluster Lehman Hall. Nor will As You Like It supplant the once legendary University Restaurant - which a year or two back donned a toga, added a lounge, raised the prices, and drove the coffee-dawdling academics out of the building. Veteran junior faculty, though, still pine for those good old days when you could drop into University Restaurant at 11:30 a.m. and find Bailyn in one corner dazzling his listeners or Banfield in another corner infuriating his. Well, that's what they remember. That...