In many cases, boards then replaced those benefits with cash.

The boards replaced community corporations, which had been criticized for inefficiency, patronage and in some cases corruption.

Mr. Stempel agreed to remain on the job until the board replaced him.

Within hours, the board replaced four major department heads and said it would review whether to keep five others.

"He should have resigned from the executive committee or the board should have replaced him," it said.

But earlier this year, the board replaced Merrill with an independent consultant that did not have a brokerage unit in its operations.

The board replaced an aging, and many times malfunctioning video board.

In 1975 the board of directors elected by the parish council replaced the church executive committee.

This board replaced the black and green boards that students had grown accustomed to seeing on a daily basis.

It is the time-honored formula of the city's once-potent political clubs, which, to a small extent, the boards have replaced.