To get from a cafe in Ledras Street, in the heart of south Nicosia, to another cafe a few doors up the same street, you have to drive 80km to Larnaca airport and take a plane to Athens; from Athens, a plane to Istanbul; from Istanbul, a plane to Ercan airport, just outside north Nicosia: a day-long, 2,500km journey to arrive less than 20 yards from where you started.
If Mr. Stewart were to go to Washington, he would certainly arrive less naïve and better connected than the character played by that other Mr. Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and the notion that actors or entertainers can enter politics is not as confounding as it once was, thanks largely to Ronald Reagan.
They may arrive less regularly, but the stakes, he is likely to discover, turn out to be much higher and the game a hell of a lot less predictable.
By the time that St. Aubyn and I reached Wolfson College, he had become agitated by the thought that we would arrive less than an hour before he had to speak.
They complain that they arrive less frequently than standard buses, take much longer to load and are difficult for disabled passengers to board.
Another measure of train performance looks at how many trains arrive less than one minute late.
If you arrive less than 100, your speed is too slow.
Mr. Cheney said he woke up his wife, Lynne, and was driven to the hospital, arriving "less than an hour from the onset of the first sensation".
Romney's appeal to reject Trump arrived less than 48 hours after the reality TV star marched ahead with overwhelming victories on Super Tuesday, as Republicans in 11 states went to the polls.
Germany expects up to 300,000 refugees to arrive this year, less than one-third of the total during 2015's record influx, the federal office for migrants and refugees (BAMF) has said.
But timing is important -- the longer it took for an item to arrive, the less interested shoppers were in making a purchase, even with the shipping and handling promotion.
