On the ground, things were not quite so composed.
On the ground, things didn't change, except for the worse.
LONDON'S streets can be a bit of a maze, but below ground things are even more complex.
It's opening day at the new American Chicken Bunker, and, as might be expected of a fast-food restaurant built atop an American Indian burial ground, things are going to hell.
On the ground things will not be different; just as they haven't been since last year when we saw the same headlines about Ukip's arrival on the national scene.
Both clubs are based in Brussels, and share 21 members, yet they cannot co-operate formally (on the ground, things are better).Ending the club rivalryAt first this reflected rivalry between America, which leads NATO, and France, which wanted a separate EU defence.
This is not the way it was supposed to be.Related items Back from the Middle Eastern brinkOct 19th 2000 The Palestinians: No, they explainOct 19th 2000 Can it fly?Oct 19th 2000Indeed, until September 28th, the day when the leader of Israel's Likud party, Ariel Sharon, took his fateful ramble on to Muslim holy ground, things looked rather different.
But when you get on the ground, things appear far less sanguine.
When you do these kinds of "on the ground" things, you get to demo your product to people who wouldn't necessarily have known about it.
But on the ground, things are considerably more complicated — tech companies are spending more on the development part of R&D while relying more on cash strapped universities to move the needle on research.
