His removal ushered in a less feverish approach to high-speed rail construction.

ECONOMIST: A train crash in China

The old rail track became a main approach to the centre along the Rideau Canal.

ECONOMIST: Canada

If you think these critics are mad about U.S. immigration policy now, imagine how upset they would be if we adopted an approach far more radical than the bill they rail against which was adopted last year by the House of Representatives - namely, the way Mexico treats illegal aliens.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Mexican solution

Mr Swinney insisted the new approach would improve the running of energy, telecommunications, postal services, water and the rail industry.

BBC: Scotland politics

St Petersburg owes its popularity to its ice-free port, good rail links and well-educated workforce, as well as the can-do approach of the governor, Valentina Matviyenko, who has promised to turn the city into Russia's Detroit.

ECONOMIST: Theme and variations