Perhaps a future President can restore some of the dignity and majesty that the office appears to have lost in this tawdry spectacle that ennobled no one.

It is not that anyone expects the new President, Aleksander Kwasniewski, to restore censorship, a state-run economy or a single-party political system.

But we can hope future Presidents will restore the traditions of answering and explicating that will help them think more deeply and govern more effectively.

Without asking Congress, a President could simply order a tax on foreign oil or, if he chose, restore the depletion allowance for domestic producers.

How does Russia's President restore investor confidence?

The next President must also restore American moral credibility.

The President has restored the independent status of the ancient Zitouna theology school, suppressed by Mr. Bourguiba, and has created an agency for religious affairs.

On 12 April 2009 President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari restored Justice Falak Sher to his 2 November 2007 position.

The President has restored democratic institutions and sought in vain for reconciliation with Communist insurgents.

The President said he would revoke Taiwan's declaration of a "Communist rebellion" on the mainland and would restore the civil rights of nearly 30 dissidents.