On one section of the system, restoring even limited service has required workers to reach back in time, using a system to move trains that dates to the age of the telegraph.
Its main city, Portland, became the poster child of the "smart growth" movement by forcing up density, building an extensive light-rail system and restoring its urban core.
And on their own, they still wouldn't be restoring the system.
The Department for Work and Pensions said the changes were about "restoring fairness to a system which has spiralled out of control".
"While it's absolutely critical to make it easier to prosecute wrong behavior when it happens and make punishments as firm as appropriate, we also need to come up with some solutions for fixing the systemic problems and restoring faith in the system, " Mr. Norden said.
Above all, they want it to take the lead in restoring confidence to the financial system.
It helped stem the crisis by injecting public capital into the biggest US banks and restoring confidence in the banking system.
The government said it was "restoring fairness" to the system.
If they just got on with it then, apart from the money it would save the authorities not having to prosecute them, the goodwill (my middle name by the way) it would generate would go a long way to restoring trust in the financial system.
Ms Bokova was impressed by the post-flood recovery works and was particularly interesting in learning about the plans for restoring the historic water management system of Ayutthaya, which had been put in place by the founders of the city but was later abandoned and covered by urban housing and street constructions.
As an abundance of economic history and data show, the answer lies in restoring integrity to our broken monetary system.
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President Obama is committed to restoring the promise of the American education system.
Since then, massive efforts have been made to clean up the banks, and put in place regulations aimed at restoring trust and confidence in the financial system.
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The book, Restoring Financial Stabilty: How to Fix a Failed System, available this week from Wiley, offers our advice to policymakers.
Finally, making the dollar as good as gold, and restoring gold to the center of the international monetary system, will give the Unites States an enormous boost in soft power.
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And as the financial system begins to pick up the pieces, NYU Stern just completed a timely three-day course called "Integrated Risk Management, " taught by risk expert Ingo Walter, author of Restoring Financial Stability: How to Repair a Failed System.
What is clear is this: If the minor in question were fleeing parents who she believed wanted to kill her for reasons other than Islam's Shariah, it is hard to imagine that the system in Florida ostensibly charged with protecting such children would even contemplate restoring parental custody.
Brown called on world leaders to cooperate in achieving five tasks at the one-day summit, starting with restoring growth to emerging market economies and agreeing to "clean up" the global banking system.
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